What if scientists could build a realistic model of the human lung, not full-sized, but grown in the lab from living cells?

As a result, some patients experience an initial inflammatory reaction when the body tries to attack the ... cancer treatment in human patients. Scientists have a long way to go in developing ...

Bacteria and viruses are the most common causes of disease, but they have some key differences. Here's what you need to know.

They disable our defenses and hijack the cellular machinery in order to multiply successfully. For example, the herpes simplex virus 1, which causes blister-like skin rashes, and influenza viruses ...

Researchers are studying the potential of gold nanoparticles (yellow dots) to deliver drugs into the body. Veronika Sapozhnikova, Konstantin Sokolov, Rebecca Richards-Kortum/M.D. Anderson Cancer ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Tom Anchordoquy, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (THE CONVERSATION) ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When the first cells appeared on Earth approximately 3.8 billion years ago, viruses were already here to greet them. Ever since, viruses have been devising ways to infect cells, and ...