Mucus does more than cause congestion. It is highly beneficial to our health, trapping pathogens and protecting the body from infection. But a recent post on Instagram claims mucus has no benefits.

Researchers at Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM) in Barcelona, in collaboration with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and other U.S. Institutions, have ...

Researchers have found that a history of repeated antibiotic use causes defects in the normally protective mucus barrier of the gut, due to antibiotic-driven alterations in the microbiota. In a ...

In the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, synthetic mucus gels can be used to deliver monoclonal antibodies without inducing broad immunosuppression.

A low-fiber “Western diet” causes damage to the protective mucus barrier in the gut, and such damage can increase the risk of inflammation and infection. By studying the gut bacteria of people who ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Reductions in mucus plug scores correlated with reductions in fractional exhaled nitric oxide levels. These ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tezepelumab treatment reduced mucus scores, which correlated with lung function improvement, among patients with ...

Cervical mucus changes throughout the menstrual cycle, providing clues about fertility and reproductive health. In Week 1, ...

The image shows the mucus layer (blue band) that protects the intestinal wall (pink) against bacteria and other things (dark blue at the top of the picture). The blue cells in the intestinal wall are ...