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Rade Tomic, MD, has joined UChicago Medicine as Professor and the Medical Director for Lung Transplant as of April 1, 2025. Tomic most recently served as Professor and Lung Transplant Program Medical Director for Northwestern University.

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Cigarette smoking continues to decline across the United States, largely driven by young adults

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Australian and Dutch researchers have uncovered a remarkable evolutionary adaptation in birds that could hold vital clues for combating avian flu and respiratory infections in humans, including pneumonia and COVID-19.

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Of two medications given to patients, one had a much higher success rate in the study

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Findings included elevated risks for chronic organ disease among children, and revealed some racial differences in long COVID risks

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The pathogen that causes tuberculosis is deadly in part because of its complex outer envelope, which helps it evade immune responses of infected hosts. In an ACS Infectious Diseases paper, researchers developed a chemical probe to study a key component of this envelope. Their results provide a step toward finding new ways of inactivating the bacterium.

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Rutgers Health researchers from the Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Center (NAMC) at the Environmental Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI) found that wildfire particles created a microclimate effect that worsened pollution exposure.

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An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler death, Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators report.

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Chris McCain was dying. He knew it. His wife, daughter and son also knew it. Years ago, at age 37, Chris had undergone a double lung transplant, but now those lungs were failing.

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A new study led by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers shows adults in the United States using combustible cigarettes and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), commonly referred to as dual-use, experienced the same tobacco-related nicotine and toxicant exposure compared to using cigarettes alone at the same intensity.

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MSU expert: Why the US is experiencing a boomerang effect in formerly rare childhood illnesses

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A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, the flagship journal from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, suggests that Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has significantly improved access to timely treatment and high-volume hospitals for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer.

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Using cannabis products during pregnancy may negatively affect offspring lung development and function, according to new research.

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A CHLA specialist in infectious diseases explains the symptoms and sounds of whooping cough, and why vaccination is critical.

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Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have found that tapping into the body鈥檚 own immune system and activating a type of immune cell known as B cells, could be the key to boosting the effectiveness of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL therapy. Results of their study were published in the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer.

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According to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, the number of lung transplants performed in the United States has increased during the past decade from 1,925 in 2014 to 3,370 in 2024. Last year, Ohio State Wexner Medical Center performed 70 lung transplants and ranked 18th in the country.

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Treatment resistance and relapse in the most common type of lung cancer can be traced to a protein called agrin, according to a preclinical study led by Roswell Park. Results of the study, led by Sayan Chakraborty, PhD, Assistant Professor of Oncology at Roswell Park, appear in Advanced Science.