Health
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: Is your feather bedding making you sick?
If you have feather bedding or clothing and have some breathing concerns, you should learn about feather duvet lung.
Aug 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Understanding how Aspergillus fumigatus shapes the lungs
Aspergillus fumigatus strains that infect humans have a significantly altered metabolism compared to other strains in the environment. At the same time, infection with the fungus leads to an apparent change in the human lung ...
Aug 7, 2023
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Medications
Triple combination therapy brings lasting improvement in cystic fibrosis, shows study
The mucus in the airways is not as sticky, and inflammation in the lungs is significantly reduced: Triple combination therapy can achieve these positive, lasting effects in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Researchers ...
Jul 7, 2023
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Medications
Rainforest plant could hold key to lung fibrosis treatment
Researchers from Griffith University's NatureBank and Metro North Health in Brisbane have found a natural product derived from a Queensland rainforest tree that may hold the key to treating and reversing life-threatening ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Novel imaging agent allows for earlier detection of progressive pulmonary fibrosis
A newly developed PET imaging agent, 64Cu-GPVI-Fc, can non-invasively identify pulmonary fibrosis in its early stages, reducing the need for unnecessary biopsies and allowing patients to begin treatment sooner. This research ...
Jun 21, 2023
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Medical research
Short telomeres in alveolar type II cells associate with lung fibrosis in post COVID-19 patients with cancer
A new research paper titled "Short telomeres in alveolar type II cells associate with lung fibrosis in post COVID-19 patients with cancer" has been published in Aging.
Jun 15, 2023
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Medical research
Researchers create new model of lung mesenchymal cells
Lung mesenchymal cells, which are critical components of the lung's unique structure, also play important roles in disease and recovery from injury, yet knowledge is limited about their biology or how they initiate diseases ...
Jun 13, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Conquering chronic lung infection in cystic fibrosis patients
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common genetic disorders in the world. The disease infects nearly 70,000 people worldwide and approximately one in 30 Americans is a carrier. CF is caused by mutations in the human ...
May 22, 2023
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Medical research
Odd cells found in lungs of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
A pair of stem cell cloning experts at the University of Houston is reporting their findings of variant cells in the lungs of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) which likely represent key targets in any future ...
May 17, 2023
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Medical research
Study reveals mechanism by which a circadian clock molecule leads to lung fibrosis
Abnormal sleep patterns, like those of night-shift workers, disrupt the body's natural biological clock and have been linked to lung health issues. A new study by University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) researchers ...
Apr 17, 2023
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