What these tiny sacs in the lungs do and conditions that can affect them Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD Alveoli are ...

New research challenges long-held beliefs about lung development, revealing that alveoli form through epithelial outgrowths ...

Gas exchange is a process that involves the swapping of gases that occurs at exchange surfaces such as the alveoli found within your lungs. Gas exchange allows oxygen to travel into your cells for ...

A new study from Tulane University suggests that repeated collapse and reopening of tiny alveoli—air sacs in the lungs ...

A new study from Tulane University suggests that repeated collapse and reopening of tiny alveoli—air sacs in the lungs essential for breathing—during ...