New Research Reveals How the Lung’s Immune Cells Develop After Birth
From our first breath, our lungs are exposed to microorganisms, such as bacteria and viruses. Thanks to immune cells in the lungs, so-called macrophages, we…
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Stress Ball Morphogenesis: Humble Lizards Offer Surprising Approach to Engineering Artificial Lungs
When it comes to studying lungs, humans take up all the air, but it turns out scientists have a lot to learn from lizards. A…
First Double-Lung Transplant Performed After Irreparable COVID-19 Respiratory Damage
61-year-old patient suffered from severe post-COVID-19 respiratory failure after three months on an artificial lung that oxygenates blood and multiple treatment-related complications. Doctors in Lisbon…
Lung Autopsies of COVID-19 Patients Reveal How Virus Spreads and Damages Tissue, Treatment Clues
SARS-CoV-2 prevents lung tissue repair, regeneration. Lung autopsy and plasma samples from people who died of COVID-19 have provided a clearer picture of how the…
New Study Reveals Lung Cell Roles in Pulmonary Immunity – Essential to COVID-19, Pneumonia, Lung Cancer, Asthma and COPD
Findings have implications in understanding, preventing and treating multiple lung diseases. Lung immunity is essential to combat all pulmonary diseases, including COVID-19, pneumonia, lung cancer,…
Scientists Find a New Way To Reverse Immune Suppression in Cancer Tumors
Malignant tumors can enhance their ability to survive and spread by suppressing antitumor immune cells in their vicinity, but a study led by researchers at…
Prematurely Aged or Overworked Stem Cells Could Be Major Factor in Chronic Lung Disease
Are prematurely aged or overworked stem cells a significant factor in chronic lung disease? Findings of a study just released in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) say…
Nanoengineered Plant Virus Could Protect and Save Your Lungs From Metastatic Cancer
Using a virus that grows in black-eyed pea plants, nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego developed a new treatment that could keep metastatic…
Exercise During Pregnancy Linked to Improved Lung Function in Offspring
Researchers have found further evidence that exercise during pregnancy is good not only for mothers but also for their offspring. In research presented at the…
Genetic Analysis Illuminates Origins of Lung Cancer in People With No History of Smoking
A genomic analysis of lung cancer in people with no history of smoking has found that a majority of these tumors arise from the accumulation…
Why Do Short Lung Infections Lead to Long-Lasting Lung Damage?
Study points to mechanism of post-viral lung damage; suggests targets of intervention. The deadliest time in a viral respiratory illness sometimes is actually after the…
Tiny Hairlike Structures Could Help Treat Lung Illnesses Like COVID-19
With a $2.3 million NIH award, USC researchers will study how cilia behavior and structure impact their function, a key in improving diagnostics and treatments…
A New Hope for Protection Against Flu Damage Inside the Lungs
New experimental data pinpoints a molecular component responsible for modulating the damage the flu can wreck on the lungs. The molecule, known as DAF, increases…
Doctors’ Hopes Dashed: Antibiotics No Help for Mysterious Lung-Scarring Disease
Doctors have hoped that antibiotics could benefit patients with chronic lung diseases, but a new study has found no benefit for patients with life-threatening…
Treating Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure: How Platelets Help Resolve Lung Inflammation
Scientists at the University of Münster provide new insights into interactions between platelets and white blood cells in mice. Treating patients with acute respiratory failure…
Antibody-Secreting Cells in the Lung Can Prevent Respiratory Infections From Becoming Severe
Understanding how antibodies and antibody-secreting cells can fight against lung infection will provide new directions for improving vaccines to prevent severe respiratory infection and for…
SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Alone May Cause COVID-19 Lung Damage – Even Without the Presence of Intact Virus
New mouse model makes it easier and safer to study COVID-19 lung injury. Using a newly developed mouse model of acute lung injury, researchers found…
Detailed Map of COVID-19 Lung Pathology Revealed With Advanced Technology
A team led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian has used advanced technology and analytics to map, at single-cell resolution, the cellular…