'At some point you can't breathe without it': The nasal spray trap
Decongestant nasal sprays can save you from a restless night when a cold clogs up your nose, but pharmacists warn this aid can be a slippery slope.
Jan 12, 2026
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Respiratory System: News and Research on Respiratory Mucosa
MeSH tree: A04.760
How anatomical names can carry hidden histories of power and exclusion
Buried in your body is a tribute to a long-dead Italian anatomist, and he is not the only one. You are walking around with the names of strangers stitched into your bones, brains, and organs. We all are.
Oct 27, 2025
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Influenza A-infected volunteers display different patterns of expelling viruses into environment
Late in the Middle Ages, Italian stargazers gave a name to the annual contagion that rolled around each year like clockwork. It was a name that stuck, and to this day is known as influenza.
Traffic-related ultrafine particles found to influence gene regulation in olfactory cells
Exposure to air pollution–derived ultrafine particles alters gene transcription by epigenetic mechanisms, a new study shows. The changes affected, for example, cellular survival.
Apr 28, 2025
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Scientists find a region of mouse gut tightly regulated by the immune system
The intestine maintains a delicate balance in the body, absorbing nutrients and water while maintaining a healthy relationship with the gut microbiome, but this equilibrium is disrupted in parts of the intestine in conditions ...
Nov 20, 2024
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Goblet cells could be the guardians of the gut
In a recent study, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have provided new insights into the central role of goblet cells—specialized cells that line the gut—in maintaining a healthy and balanced immune ...
Nov 12, 2024
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Cellular roadmap reveals new paths to treating inflammatory bowel disease
In a world first, researchers at the Kennedy Institute, Oxford have mapped the cellular dynamics following treatment with the most commonly used advanced therapy in autoimmune diseases. They have discovered why some patients ...
Oct 23, 2024
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Novel molecular imaging tool objectively measures and diagnoses smell disorders
A new fluorescent imaging probe can for the first time objectively and non-invasively measure loss of smell, clinically known as anosmia. Targeting the olfactory nerve, the new tool has potential to eliminate biopsies used ...
Aug 20, 2024
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Tracking influenza in its first battleground: The nose
The answer to curbing influenza could be right under our noses—or, more accurately, inside them. New research maps happenings in the nose during the course of influenza in exquisite detail, and could potentially lead to ...
Aug 14, 2024
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Study shows traffic-related ultrafine particles hinder mitochondrial functions in olfactory mucosa
Ultrafine particles, UFPs, the smallest contributors to air pollution, hinder the function of mitochondria in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows. Led by the University of Eastern Finland, the research showed ...
Jul 24, 2024
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