Congenital lung disease refers to any disease that interferes with lung function and is present at a child's birth. However, some may not become evident till late infancy or even adolescence.

Tackling diseases that have historically been difficult to study The team put the improved mini-lung models to immediate use, studying a congenital lung disorder called alveolar capillary ...

Ductal-dependent congenital heart disease involves an irregularity with the ductus arteriosus, an opening between the aorta and the pulmonary artery. This issue means that blood can’t flow as ...

PAP is most commonly caused by an autoimmune condition. 3 Congenital forms of the disease exist but are less understood. “There's ultimately no real cure for this except very severe procedures such as ...

He's one of 6,000 Americans ever to be diagnosed with a rare congenital lung disease. There's a 25 percent chance he'll die before he receives the double lung transplant his body desperately needs.