One cubic millimeter of lung tissue contains around 170 alveoli. Human lungs have a surface area of roughly 70 square meters. Though the total number varies from person to person, this means there ...

A research team led by the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has constructed ...

Inhalation and exhalation is the same as breathing or ventilation and is a physical process which moves air into and out of your lungs. Respiration is not the same as breathing, and is a chemical ...

This study is part of the international Human Cell Atlas initiative to ... that distinguish gradual stages of damage to alveoli in the lungs. The work opens the door to further analysis of ...