Different types of airflow patterns in animal lungs. Mammals (top left) have a tidal airflow pattern where air moves to-and-fro through a branching network of bronchi. Birds (top right ...

in the lungs of test animals. One reason has been that in the usual experiment using whole untreated smoke on short-lived animals, the animals die before they have a chance to show any possible ...

Human mini-lungs grown by University of Manchester scientists can mimic the response of animals when exposed to certain nanomaterials. The study at the University’s NanoCell Biology Lab at the Centre ...

In animal models of lung cancer, the nanoparticles developed by the research team and contained anti-cancer drugs showed effectiveness in inhibiting cancer cell metastasis and invasion after being ...

Animals need air, water, shelter and food to survive. Our lungs bring in oxygen and remove carbon dioxide. But other animals breathe in all sorts of different ways. Fish use gills to get their ...