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The AI model developed estimated lung function by observing the radiographs, with lower values denoted by blue areas and higher values by red areas in the saliency maps.

Highly Accurate AI Model Can Estimate Lung Function Just by Using Chest X-rays

by Osaka Metropolitan University

Potential benefits of this innovative method include subjecting patients to fewer exams and reducing health care costs

Male eastern bluebird in flight on a white background

Scientists Find That Soaring Birds Use Their Lungs to Fly with More Force

by University of Florida Health,Sarah Carey

3d rendered image showing red and orange cancer cells on a blue tissue surface as if seen under enhanced scanning electron micrograph (SEM) showing the overall shape of the cells' surface at a very high magnification

Fighting Lung Cancer with Swimming Microscopic Robots

by University of California - San Diego

Digital render of human lungs within the body

New Analysis Drives Change for More Accurate and Equitable Lung Function Testing

by Harvard Medical School,Ekaterina Pesheva

The analysis indicates that removing race from lung function estimates would shift the number of diagnoses across races

3d rendering of a lake in the shape of human lungs in the middle of a lush forest

Every Breath You Take: The Journey of Inhaled Plastic Particle Pollution

by University of Technology Sydney

Study models how micro- and nanoplastics travel from the environment to accumulation hotspots in our lungs

a person wearing blue gloves and a white lab coat removes and inspects tubes of blood samples from a rack

New Blood Test Significantly Reduces Diagnosis Time for Mycobacteria Infections

by Tulane University

CRISPR-based platform simplifies and shortens diagnoses of nontuberculosis mycobacteria from 6 months to 2 hours

a hand turns on a burner on a natural gas stove, showing blue flames on a black and stainless steel stove

You May Breathe In More Nanoparticles from Your Gas Stove than from Car Exhaust

by Purdue University

Gas stoves emit nanocluster aerosol that may get deep into your respiratory system, study shows

person in a grey-blue shirt holding a cigarette that is broken in half

Quitting Smoking at Any Age Brings Big Health Benefits, Fast

by University of Toronto

Study shows quitting smoking provides major gains to life expectancy after just three years

Computer images of tracheobronchial tree

New Possibilities for the Treatment of Pulmonary Fibrosis

by Masonic Medical Research Institute

The breakthrough focused on nano drug delivery rather than developing new therapeutics

MIT Researchers Develop a Model for Predicting Lung Cancer

by Holden Galusha

AI tool can analyze CT scans and accurately predict if a patient will develop cancer within six years

Mammals Can Use Their Intestines to Breathe

by Cell Press

Researchers demonstrate that the delivery of oxygen gas or oxygenated liquid through the rectum provided vital rescue to two mammalian models of respiratory failure

Researchers Show How CBD Helps Reduce Lung Damage from COVID

by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Scientists show that levels of an important peptide drop with COVID-19 infection, and that CBD quickly helps normalize those levels along with lung function

Study: Air Pollution Particles and Metals Are Reaching the Placenta

by Queen Mary University of London

Research shows that inhaled particulate matter from air pollution can move from the lungs to distant organs and that it is taken up by certain cells in the human placenta