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Vaccines have traditionally worked by teaching the immune system to recognize a specific virus or bacterium—in effect, showing it a wanted poster for a single suspect. But what if one vaccine could protect against dozens ...
Feb 24, 2026
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Select gut bacteria protect mice against post-influenza virus secondary bacterial pneumonia, according to a study published by researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.
Jan 12, 2026
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Alveolar macrophages are immune cells that live in the tiny air sacs of the lungs. Under normal conditions, these cells act as guardians, keeping the lungs healthy, supporting breathing, and preventing unnecessary immune ...
Dec 18, 2025
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Researchers at the University of Calgary studying a lethal lung disease called pulmonary fibrosis have found that neurons known to help detect pain are also critical for reducing harmful lung inflammation that leads to the ...
Sep 16, 2025
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Exposure to a common fungal molecule can reprogram immune cells in the lungs, causing them to overreact to infection-like signals and worsen lung damage, according to new research.
Jul 8, 2025
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Cells taken from the lungs of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a larger accumulation of soot-like carbon deposits compared to cells taken from people who smoke but do not have COPD, according ...
Jun 10, 2025
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Microplastics are ubiquitous in the environment, and we all routinely inhale these tiny pollutants. Now, new research published at the ATS 2025 International Conference has found that inhaled microplastics suppress pulmonary ...
May 19, 2025
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Viruses are the fastest-evolving biological entity on Earth. This fact explains why we need flu shots every year: Seasonal influenza perennially outwits the immunity we've acquired from previous vaccinations or infections.
Nov 13, 2024
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Metastatic disease—when cancer spreads from the primary tumor to other parts of the body—is the cause of most cancer deaths. While researchers understand how cancer cells escape the primary site to seed new tumors, it's ...
Oct 7, 2024
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The composition of microbiota found in the gut influences how susceptible mice are to respiratory virus infections and the severity of these infections, according to researchers from the Center for Translational Antiviral ...
Jan 30, 2024
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