Aging is associated with increased risk for nearly every lung disease, including acute conditions like pneumonia and chronic diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, idiopathic pulmonary ...

In 2020, when COVID-19 was making headlines globally, a company that specialized in producing organoids — tiny, lab-grown organ analogues — of respiratory tissue was launched in Japan. A practicing ...

As cannabis becomes more widely used around the world, scientists are paying closer attention to how it affects human health. A new long-term study from researchers at the University of Otago in New ...

A team of researchers at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a new pathway through which mutations in the tumor suppressor p53 gene—found very frequently in human tumors—hijack DNA ...

A new research paper was published in Volume 18 of Aging-US on March 3, 2026, titled "P38 MAPK is involved in epigenetic regulation of fibrotic genes in replication induced senescence in lung ...

Severe COVID-19 raises lung cancer risk by 24%, study of 76 million Americans finds In A Nutshell People hospitalized with severe COVID-19 had roughly a 24 percent higher risk of developing lung ...

If watching The Pitt is giving you a renewed interest in the human body in all of its gory glory, there’s a new tool that will help satisfy your curiosity. An international team of scientists ...

Google Earth’ for human organs made available online An international team of scientists and clinicians has announced, in ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, are on the rise in parts of California. It typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms ...

Iron Lung,” a popular release for January, is one of the latest highly anticipated horror films to reach in 2026. Directed by Mark Fischbach, better known by his YouTube alias Markiplier, is over $50 ...

But while it's now widely considered a given that being a habitual smoker is unhealthy, what about just a single puff from a ...

Scientists discovered hundreds of energy-making enzymes secretly working on human DNA—revealing a hidden “mini-metabolism” ...