News tagged with air sacs
Antiviral lipid earns patent: Lipids in lung can inhibit RSV and influenza infections
Dennis Voelker, PhD, professor of medicine at National Jewish Health, has been awarded a U.S. patent (#8,367,643) for various lipids and related compounds that can inhibit inflammation and infection in the lungs, especially ...
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Mar 05, 2013 |
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Researchers create new air sacs in mouse model of emphysema using novel growth factor
In a study of mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified a new molecular pathway involved in the growth of tiny air sacs called alveoli that are crucial for breathing. The scientists say their experiments may lead ...
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Feb 14, 2013 |
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UCLA performs first 'breathing lung' transplant in US
First there was the "heart in a box," a revolutionary experimental technology that allows donor hearts to be delivered to transplant recipients warm and beating rather than frozen in an ice cooler.
Surgery
Nov 26, 2012 |
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A mammal lung, in 3-D: Researchers create model of mysterious region
(Medical Xpress)—Amidst the extraordinarily dense network of pathways in a mammal lung is a common destination. There, any road leads to a cul-de-sac of sorts called the pulmonary acinus. This place looks ...
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Oct 02, 2012 |
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Stimulation of brain hormone action may improve pneumonia survival
An international research team may have found a way to block a second wave of death that can result from pneumonia treatment.
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Jan 31, 2012 |
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New study fundamentally alters our understanding of lung growth
A ground-breaking international study into the ways lungs grow and develop has challenged existing medical understanding that our lungs are completely formed by the age of three.
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Dec 06, 2011 |
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Better treatment sought for acute lung injury
Patients can essentially drown in their own fluids when trauma and infection prompt blood vessels to leak, flooding millions of air sacs in their lungs.
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Aug 22, 2011 |
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Сomputed tomography shows changes in lungs associated with COPD flare-ups
Using computed tomography (CT), researchers have identified two types of structural changes in the lungs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that are associated with frequent exacerbations, or episodes ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Research links telomere length to emphysema risk
Telomeres, the body's own cellular clocks, may be a crucial factor underlying the development of emphysema, according to research from Johns Hopkins University.
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Jul 15, 2011 |
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