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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Lung Fibrosis
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Another deadly disease for smokers: Pulmonary fibrosis
(HealthDay)—Current and former smokers are at risk for a lung disease called pulmonary fibrosis, but many aren't aware of the threat, the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation says.
Jan 29, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Targeted therapies developed to reduce lung fibrosis
A new treatment option for lung fibrosis is being developed by Purdue University scientists. Lung fibrosis has been a concern for COVID-19 patients.
Nov 11, 2020
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Genetics
Unraveling the genetic determinants of small vessel vasculitis
Autoimmune disease is fundamentally a mystery: whyever should an organism systematically set out to harm itself? Now, researchers at the University of Tsukuba have identified a genetic basis for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic ...
Nov 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Challenges in diagnosing hypersensitivity pneumonitis addressed in latest guidelines
More than 30 years after the last guidance on the clinical evaluation of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), the American Thoracic Society—in collaboration with the Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax or ALAT and the Japanese ...
Aug 3, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Randomized study for treatment of COVID pneumonia uses cystic fibrosis drug dornase alfa
Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital have launched a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial of dornase alfa (Pulmozyme) in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia and respiratory ...
Jul 28, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Understanding molecular mechanisms of air pollution's impact on ILD critical
More research must be done to investigate the role of air pollution on the epigenome in patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), in order to develop strategies that minimize the effects of these pollutants, according ...
Jul 1, 2020
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Medical research
Can vaping scar your lungs? New insights and a possible remedy
Researchers report evidence that the compounds in e-cigarette liquid could potentially cause the body's tissue repair process to go haywire and lead to scarring inside the lungs. The new study, conducted in cell cultures, ...
Apr 27, 2020
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Medications
Fibrosis drug may offer new treatment path for COVID-19 lung distress
A new drug for lung fibrosis that Yale pulmonologist Dr. Naftali Kaminski began developing a few years ago shows promise for treating certain life-threatening effects of COVID-19, and his research team is rapidly laying the ...
Apr 6, 2020
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Medications
Repeat antibiotic prescribing linked to higher risk of hospital admissions
Epidemiologists at The University of Manchester have discovered an association between the number of prescriptions for antibiotics and a higher risk of hospital admissions.
Mar 2, 2020
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