On 19 May, at the 2025 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference, researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital presented compelling evidence that ...

Medically reviewed by Chris Vincent, MD Key Takeaways Boogers are made from mucus, dirt, and germs trapped by nose ...

Common environmental pollutants serve as the body's lubricant and the first line of defense from infections and toxins. These data establish a clear link between exposure to airborne or waterborne ...

Researchers review recent scientific literature about the effects of particle contaminants on the mucosal system, an internal membrane that serves as the body's lubricant and the first line of defense ...

WASHINGTON, August 10, 2021 -- Major disruptions to our health and quality of life are front of mind in an era when wildfires, floods, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic impact Earth's population daily ...

The image shows the mucus layer (blue band) that protects the intestinal wall (pink) against bacteria and other things (dark blue at the top of the picture). The blue cells in the intestinal wall are ...

Researchers at Umeå University and Tartu University have found that a history of repeated antibiotic use causes defects in the normally protective mucus barrier of the gut, due to antibiotic-driven ...

Mucosal barrier function consists of the combined effects of multiple extracellular and cellular processes that may be disrupted globally or in a targeted manner by physiological and ...