A fundamental discovery by University of Missouri scientists could help solve one of the most frustrating challenges in ...

Lung cancer among never-smokers is rising worldwide. In one U.S. study of 12,000 lung cancer patients, the share of people who didn’t smoke rose from 8 to 15 percent over twenty years.

Cancer incidence increases with age, especially in lung cancer, with a median age of diagnosis at 70 years. 4, 5 However, a subset of this population is diagnosed at a very young age. In the absence ...

UC San Diego study of global lung cancer shows mutations that lead to cancer are common in people who live in cities with bad air pollution. But cancer mutations are quite close to normal among ...

A study published in 2017 found that the incidence of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC, the most common type of the disease) in never-smokers has been on the rise, increasing by 8 percent between ...

Northwestern’s iSeg tool matches expert doctors and finds hidden cancer zones, with clinical rollout expected soon.

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

The UAB researchers showed that TREM2 — which stands for triggering receptors expressed on myeloid cells 2 — is predominantly ...

A study shows for the first time the relationship between this disease and the damage caused to DNA by breathing pollution.

Exposure to air pollution, other contaminants and traditional herbal medicines may be contributing to the development of lung ...

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