New research challenges long-held beliefs about lung development, revealing that alveoli form through epithelial outgrowths ...

Mechanical ventilators save lives, but they may also be causing hidden damage. A groundbreaking study reveals that the ...

What these tiny sacs in the lungs do and conditions that can affect them Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD Alveoli are ...

A new study from Tulane University suggests that repeated collapse and reopening of tiny alveoli—air sacs in the lungs ...

A new study from Tulane University suggests that repeated collapse and reopening of tiny alveoli-air sacs in the lungs essential for breathing-during mechanical ventilation may cause microscopic ...