The term "smoker's lung" refers to lung damage caused by smoking cigarettes. Over time, the chemicals in cigarettes damage the airways and lungs, leading to lung and respiratory diseases. Damage to ...

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

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Talking while eating isn't just poor manners. It can lead to a quick fit of coughing chaos if you're not careful. That person in distress might then say, "Wrong pipe!" How does ...

Ohio tattoo artist Joe Crossman was treated at the Cleveland Clinic after his lungs began to fail, rapidly leading to a double lung transplant Courtesy of the Crossmon Family Like other dads his age, ...

The development could help scientists develop patient-specific treatments and one day offer a lab-grown lung transplant ...