Mucus presents a formidable barrier to nanoparticle drug-delivery systems, but adding a coating of polymer molecules helps them sneak through the net. Mucus, the amorphous, sticky substance that ...

To many people, mucus is nothing more than a gross goo, something to be tossed away in a tissue immediately after clearing your throat or blowing your nose. To scientists, it’s nothing short of ...

Excess mucus in the throat can result from allergies, infections, or lifestyle factors. Home remedies could help soothe the ...

Coughing up thick, green mucus may mean a bacterial or, less often, viral infection, but that's not always true. You constantly breathe in bacteria, some of which are harmless, through your nasal ...

Cystic fibrosis can also cause constipation and abdominal pain. The lifelong condition is usually diagnosed during childhood.

Mucus from jellyfish that sit upside-down on the seafloor has blobs lined with stinging cells The stinging cells are coated on tiny mobile blobs called cassiosomes within the mucus that “zoom ...

As we step into cold and flu season, many of us are reuniting with our old friend mucus. Coughing, sneezing, runny noses, all of it comes with a good ol’ dose of phlegm and wow is it humbling to ...

The knowledge of this protein provides researchers with a potential new drug target for mucus obstruction in asthma patients.The study was published in the journal Nature Communications. In ...

As we step into cold and flu season, many of us are reuniting with our old friend mucus. Coughing, sneezing, runny noses, all of it comes with a good ol’ dose of phlegm and wow is it humbling to be ...