Medical research
Immigrants in your lungs? Study showing how bacteria get there could help disease research
They traveled a huge distance, evaded a protective barrier, and found themselves in a strange and unwelcoming land.
Feb 21, 2017
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News tagged with lung microbiome
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Obesity, heart disease, and diabetes may be communicable
Non-communicable diseases including heart disease, cancer and lung disease are now the most common causes of death, accounting for 70 percent of deaths worldwide. These diseases are considered "non-communicable" because they ...
Jan 17, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Gut microbiome link to deadly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Research led by the Centenary Institute, the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Queensland has shown for the first time a link between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an often fatal lung condition, ...
Nov 19, 2020
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Medical research
Oxygen therapy harms lung microbiome in mice
One of the hallmarks of severe COVID-19 is shortness of breath and significantly reduced levels of oxygen in the blood, called hypoxemia. Upon hospitalization, these patients are administered oxygen in an attempt to bring ...
Aug 12, 2020
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Immunology
The lung's microbial flora regulates the brain's immune reactivity
In its vital function of providing the body with oxygen, the lung is connected to the outside environment by a large exchange surface. This boundary between lung tissue and outside air is inhabited by a specific microbial ...
Feb 24, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Type and abundance of mouth bacteria linked to lung cancer risk in non-smokers
The type and abundance of bacteria found in the mouth may be linked to lung cancer risk in non-smokers, finds the first study of its kind, published online in the journal Thorax.
Dec 14, 2020
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Medical research
First evidence drug resistant bacteria can travel from gut to lung, increasing infection risks
A new Oxford University study released during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week has significant findings on how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) arises and persists. The results, published today in Nature Communications, provide ...
Nov 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Revealing the gut's crucial role in lung disease
Research led by the Centenary Institute, the University of Technology Sydney, and the Hunter Medical Research Institute suggests that the gut microbiome plays a pivotal role in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
Feb 19, 2024
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Medical research
What's lurking in your lungs? Surprising findings emerge from microbiome research
With every breath you take, microbes have a chance of making it into your lungs. But what happens when they get there? And why do dangerous lung infections like pneumonia happen in some people, but not others?
Aug 17, 2015
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Surgery
Lung microbiome can predict future changes in lung function after transplantation
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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