From asthma to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), there are a variety of conditions that can affect the lungs. Wheezing or general shortness of breath may be signs that the lungs aren’t ...

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 ...

Respiration is a chemical reaction that happens in all living cells, including plant cells and animal cells. It is the way that energy is released from glucose so that all the other chemical processes ...

Your lungs are vital for providing your body with fresh oxygen while ridding it of carbon dioxide. This process is called gas exchange. In some individuals, such as those with chronic obstructive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transplanting a patients’ own lung cells back into their lungs resulted in improved breathing. Lung damage was ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Indices of lung function and gas exchange, including some based on measurement of the arterial blood gases and physiological response to ...

We know ozone is bad for our lungs – the increased risk of developing diseases such as asthma was one of the reasons people wore face masks during January’s record-breaking smog in China. But exactly ...

This paper seeks to identify the factors which have the greatest effect on gas diffusion rates into animal burrows, and in turn on the maximum size of burrowing animals which may rely on simple burrow ...

Inhaled recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) needed to clear lung surfactant improved lung gas exchange in the rare autoimmune condition pulmonary alveolar ...