Researchers at the Centenary Institute and the University of Technology Sydney have identified a new drug target for the treatment and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an inflammatory lung disease ...
Jul 5, 2022
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New research led by Edith Cowan University has made an important discovery that could lead to more effective treatments for the world's 262 million asthma sufferers.
Jul 4, 2022
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Researchers across the globe continue their endeavors to improve our understanding of the mechanisms underlying COVID-19 infection and the pneumonia and lung damage occasionally associated with it. As part of these endeavors, ...
Jun 29, 2022
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A study that tested the immune response of COPD patients to COVID-19 vaccination has shown they respond in a similar way to healthy people. The findings by scientists from The University of Manchester and published as a research ...
Jun 22, 2022
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Measuring the full complement of small molecules (the metabolome) can provide important insight into the health status of an individual. The measurement of metabolites is also the main theme of the recently established KI ...
Jun 13, 2022
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A recent study published by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, in collaboration with the German Center for Infection Research, identified two main subtypes or endotypes of tuberculosis ...
Mar 30, 2022
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects 22 million people in the U.S. and is linked to a higher risk of hypertension, heart attacks, stroke, diabetes and many other chronic conditions. But now researchers from the University ...
Mar 9, 2022
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In the latest update to the pulmonary function tests technical standard series, the American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society address the uncertainty around the interpretation of the tests which are essential ...
Mar 2, 2022
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Lung transplantation is a life-saving intervention in cases of severe respiratory failure. A feared and common complication following a lung transplant is chronic deterioration in lung function (CLAD/Chronic Lung Allograft ...
Feb 7, 2022
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The severity of COVID-19 pneumonia can be difficult to assess in people from different ethnic groups, due to inaccurate readings from a device that measures the level of oxygen in the blood of patients.
Jan 27, 2022
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