When a person contracts a respiratory viral infection like COVID-19 or influenza, the immune system responds in a myriad of ways to eliminate the virus. Respiratory viral infections are so dangerous, ...

A 3-dimensional model of human respiratory tissue has been shown to be an effective platform for measuring the impact of chemicals, like those found in cigarette smoke, or other aerosols on the lung.

Lungs are highly vulnerable to injury and infection due to continuous exposure to inhaled environmental pathogens and particles. As a result, respiratory diseases are a leading cause of disability and ...

VirTus Respiratory Research Ltd, a leading respiratory-focused contract research organisation (CRO), today announced that results from their human rhinovirus challenge model in patients with chronic ...

Air-liquid Interface (ALI) is ideal for studying respiratory tract epithelial cells because it exposes one side of the culture to liquid media and surrounds the other with air. ALI systems therefore ...

For many people, the biggest barrier to sleep tracking isn’t the data itself but the requirement to wear a device overnight.