Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Xenon-aided MRIs snap sharper images of lungs
If you're a clinician who wants to look inside your patient's lungs, your options historically have been limited.
Jun 2, 2021
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News tagged with lung fibrosis
Medical research
Researchers create cellular blueprint of healthy lungs
The primary function of the lung is to facilitate transfer of oxygen to the blood stream. Crucial to this lifegiving task are endothelial cells, which line blood vessels permeating the lung and through which gas exchange ...
May 26, 2021
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Surgery
Poverty associated with worse survival, fewer lung transplants in lung disease patients
Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a rare lung disease that causes shortness of breath and low oxygen levels because of lung scarring, have worse outcomes if they live in poor neighborhoods, according to research ...
May 16, 2021
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Medical research
Transforming lung cells critical for pulmonary fibrosis
The failure of lung epithelial cells to complete transition from a stem cell-like state into a fully differentiated state causes lung fibrosis, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Proceedings of the National ...
May 14, 2021
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Medical research
Scientists find mechanism that eliminates senescent cells
Scientists at UC San Francisco are learning how immune cells naturally clear the body of defunct—or senescent—cells that contribute to aging and many chronic diseases. Understanding this process may open new ways of treating ...
May 10, 2021
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Medical research
Molecular analysis identifies key differences in lungs of cystic fibrosis patients
A team of researchers from UCLA, Cedars-Sinai and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has developed a first-of-its-kind molecular catalog of cells in healthy lungs and the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis.
May 6, 2021
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Medical research
New cell atlas of COVID lungs reveals why SARS-CoV-2 is deadly and different
A new study is drawing the most detailed picture yet of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the lung, revealing mechanisms that result in lethal COVID-19, and may explain long-term complications and show how COVID-19 differs from other ...
Apr 29, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Microchip models of human lungs enable better understanding of disease, immune response
According to the National Institutes of Health, respiratory viruses are the most frequent cause of disease and death in humans, a fact highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the potential to cause severe disease, over ...
Mar 23, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Therapy for most common cause of cystic fibrosis safe and effective in 6-11
An international, open-label Phase 3 study, co-led by Susanna McColley, MD, from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, found that a regimen of three drugs (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) that targets the ...
Mar 18, 2021
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Medical research
A modified protein appears to trigger lung fibrosis after environmental exposure
The triggers and causes of a severe scarring disease of the lungs—idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF—remain unclear.
Mar 18, 2021
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