Trained immunity in alveolar macrophages can lead to damaging lung inflammation, confirming the importance of context in this phenomenon.

Lung macrophages play a pivotal role in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Two types of macrophages—the white blood ...

Researchers in Japan have successfully generated lung cells similar to alveolar epithelial type 2 (AT2) cells from mouse ...

In a recent study, Associate Professor Makoto Ikeya (Department of Clinical Application) and his team of researchers successfully established a method to generate jawbone-like organoids (mini-organs) ...

Background: Acute lung injury is an important cause of respiratory failure in the critically ill patient. It is caused by damage to the alveolar barrier with subsequent alveolar flooding leading to ...

Neural prostheses use charge recovery mechanisms to ensure the electrical stimulus is charge balanced. Nucleus cochlear implants short all stimulating electrodes between pulses in order to achieve ...

How to clean up fallen limbs and branches in Wichita After storms like the one Wichita had this week, city crews focus first on storm damage that could cause threats to public safety. “As a ...

Army Staff Sgt. Cody Reichard trains on the maneuver short-range air defense, or M-SHORAD, system at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, on Feb. 9, 2023. The Army’s push to develop and field ...

Trigeminal neuralgia most frequently affects people older than 50, and the condition is more common in women than men. Trigeminal neuralgia is the most common cause of facial pain and is diagnosed in ...

Alveolar macrophage (AM) development and function depends on signature transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ). The regulation of PPARγ stability during AM ...

In early June 2025, a claim spread online that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, "America cannot function if President Trump has to deal with co-equal branches of government ...

When the planning is incorrect, important anatomical structures may be harmed, such as the nasal cavity floor and the incisor branch of the inferior alveolar nerve. Dantas et al. (2008) 14 and ...