lung
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A long elusive lung cancer target may finally be yielding to new drugs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Breast, prostate, lung and bowel cancers account for 54% of new cancer cases in Northern Ireland.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
El-Hasan added that air pollution “also inhibits lung development in children, which can lead to reduced lung capacity as adults. This is not reversible. Once it happens, it’s done.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Ion is tailored for procedures in the lung, typically to sample suspicious nodules or legions as part of a cancer diagnosis.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
“The surrogate goes round slower; therefore passes through the lung at longer intervals; therefore gives the embryo less oxygen. Nothing like oxygen-shortage for keeping an embryo below par.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Vocabulary lists containing lung
Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Introductory
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - High School
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