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Scientists have long thought of the fluid-filled sac around our lungs merely as a cushion from external damage. Turns out, it also houses potent virus-eating cells that rush into the lungs during flu ...

Pulmonary fibrosis is a deadly disease in which the lungs become thickened and scarred, gradually losing their ability to deliver oxygen to the body. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco have ...

It's normal to be worried when you learn that your baby might have swallowed some amniotic fluid during birth. Most of the time, it's quite natural and not dangerous. But it can also cause breathing ...

When a fetus has fluid in their lungs, it’s called fetal hydrothorax (or fetal pleural effusion), per Johns Hopkins Medicine. It’s a serious complication, as this fluid “can compress the lungs and ...

Scientists have created miniorgans from cells floating in the fluid that surrounds a fetus in the womb – an advance they believe could open up new areas of prenatal medicine. Miniorgans, or “ ...