A pleura is a thin membrane that covers the surface of the lungs and the inside of the chest wall, encompassing the pleural space. It is normal for this space to have some fluid (about 10 to 20 ml), ...

Exposure to asbestos can lead to the development of several diseases that affect the pleura, a membrane that lines the lungs and chest. Pleural diseases (like pleural mesothelioma, effusions, plaques, ...

The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Fatty acid biosynthesis is an energy ...

What Are Smoker's Lungs? You’ve heard it a million times: Smoking is bad for you. You may not realize, though, how much tobacco changes your lungs and their ability to bring oxygen into your body.

Intricate molecular machineries, such as the ESCRT protein complexes, are well known for their ability to cut biological membranes. The discovery that membranes can also be severed by phase ...

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An infectious diseases workup was negative; she continued to decompensate haemodynamically, developing pleural and pericardial effusions, and requiring veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane ...

When kidney cancer spreads to the lungs or the lining of the lungs, it may cause the build-up of fluid between the membranes lining the lungs (the pleura). When cancer cells are present, this is ...

Shoulder blade pain is a sign of lung cancer in some people. Lung cancer may be especially be suspected if you also have other symptoms of lung cancer or your shoulder pain worsens at night. With that ...

You could also develop asbestosis — scarring in the lungs — or pleural disease, which is a non-cancerous lung condition that causes changes in the membrane surrounding your lungs and chest cavity.

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an innovative testing strategy for mesothelioma that could potentially increase the ...

Shih: Pathological examination of the placenta revealed meconium-stained membranes. There was evidence ... in the left lower lobe and a small left pleural effusion, as well as linear opacities ...