Our lungs are not identical. Our right lung has three lobes, and the left lung only two to make room for our heart. Lungs are spongy, filled with tiny air sacs which give them a spongy texture.

Removal of a lobe is considered "the gold standard" in treatment, and while it means a loss of 15 to 20 percent of the lung, it "can recover," he said, with the other four lobes taking over some ...

Tufts student Billy Senopoulos, plagued by Cystic Fibrosis since birth, is very ill. Senopoulos, 27, needs a complicated lung transplant, which requires finding two separate suitable donors willing to ...