The Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) technique, through which monolayers are transferred from the
air/water interface onto a solid substrate, was the first method to allow for the controlled …

The complications of prematurity are the leading cause of neonatal mortality worldwide, with
the highest burden in the low-and middle-income countries of South Asia and Sub-Saharan …

Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) or e-cigarettes have emerged as a popular
recreational tool among adolescents and adults. Although the use of ENDS is often …

While the distant organ environment is known to support metastasis of primary tumors, its
metabolic roles in this process remain underdetermined. Here, in breast cancer models, we …

Background Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) frequently entails complications
that bear similarities to autoimmune diseases. To date, there are little data on possible …

Abstract Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), associated with Covid-19 infections,
is characterized by diffuse lung damage, inflammation and alveolar collapse that impairs …

Lung and airway epithelial cells generated in vitro from human pluripotent stem cells
(hPSCs) have applications in regenerative medicine, modeling of lung disease, drug …

A diversity of self-propelled chemical motors, based on Marangoni propulsive forces, has
been developed in recent years. However, most motors are non-functional due to poor …

The role of cholesterol in bilayer and monolayer lipid membranes has been of great interest.
On the biophysical front, cholesterol significantly increases the order of the lipid packing …

Pulmonary surfactant is a complex of lipids and proteins assembled and secreted by the
alveolar epithelium into the thin layer of fluid coating the respiratory surface of lungs. There …