How do pathogens invade the lungs? Using human lung microtissues, a team has uncovered the strategy used by a dangerous pathogen. The bacterium targets specific lung cells and has developed a ...

The xenotransplantation comes on the heels of recent transplants of pig hearts and kidneys into medical patients. Scientists in China have reported transplanting a genetically modified pig lung into a ...

The woman’s mysterious symptoms started in her stomach. Weeks of abdominal pain and diarrhea led to night sweats and a dry cough. Then, doctors found lesions on her lungs, liver and spleen. An ...

Adult worms lay eggs in rats' lungs. The eggs are hatched, coughed into the rat’s throat, and swallowed through the digestive tract, where they end up in poop. Reading time 3 minutes A parasitic brain ...