The cells in the body need oxygen to release energy from food efficiently by carrying out aerobic respiration. A waste product of aerobic respiration is carbon dioxide. The layer of moisture in the ...

The gas exchange system is responsible for getting oxygen into the blood and removing carbon dioxide as a person breathes. Breathing is also called 'ventilation' and is the movement of gases into and ...

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 ...

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 ...