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Dendritic cells spark smoldering inflammation in smokers' lungs
What sparks that smoldering destruction remained a mystery until a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine found that certain dendritic cells in the lung – the cells that "pre...
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Read moreMan-Made Activities Affect Blue Haze
Renyi Zhang, professor of atmospheric sciences who has studied air chemistry for more than 20 years, says blue haze (tiny particles or aerosols suspended in the air) can be negatively affected by huma...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreUT scientists discover link between protein and lung disease
More than 12 million Americans are currently diagnosed with this incurable illness, which is the fourth leading cause of death, the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute reports. In the United State...
Life Sciences | Read moreNew genes at work in patients with hereditary lung disease
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the University of Florida in Gainesville have safely given new, functional genes to patients with a hereditary defect that can lead to...
Life Sciences | Read moreScientists open doors to diagnosis of emphysema
Chronic inflammatory lung diseases like chronic bronchitis and emphysema are a major global health problem, and the fourth leading cause of death and disability in developed countries, with smoking ac...
Life Sciences | Read moreEmphysema severity directly linked to coal dust exposure
"In this study we have shown that coal mine dust exposure is a significant predictor of emphysema severity," said Eileen Kuempel, Ph.D., a senior scientist at NIOSH and lead author of the st...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreStudy Maps Potential Vulnerability to Heat Waves
With reports of heat waves increasing in frequency, intensity and duration worldwide, cities can use information on vulnerable at-risk populations to help coordinate heat emergency plans and identify ...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation | Read moreWomen live longer, not better, largely because of obesity and arthritis
In a study that included 5,888 people over 65, women suffered up to two and a half times more disabilities than men of the same age.Higher rates of obesity and arthritis among these women expl...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreDouble-lung transplants work better than single for long-term survival
Having both lungs replaced instead of just one is the single most important feature determining who lives longest after having a lung transplant, more than doubling an organ recipient's chances o...
Health and Medicine | Read moreSupervised exercise therapy can lead to improvements in COPD symptoms
Those suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often complain that exercise is too exhausting and leaves them breathless. An article in the current issue of the New England Journal ...
Health and Medicine | Read moreGenetic irregularities linked to higher risk of COPD among smokers
The findings come from the first-ever genome-wide association study of COPD and suggest that those who carry the markers may be able to reduce their risk if they quit smoking before the first symptoms...
Life Sciences | Read moreVitamin D deficiency may increase risk of colds, flu
Vitamin D may be an important way to arm the immune system against disorders like the common cold, report investigators from the University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver) School of Medicine, Massachus...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreBody’s Defenses May Worsen Chronic Lung Diseases in Smokers
In a preclinical research study, UC environmental health scientists have identified a link between cigarette smoke and activation of a specific cellular receptor (NKG2D) critical to immune system acti...
Health and Medicine | Read moreConverting adult somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells using a single virus
A Boston University School of Medicine-led research team has discovered a more efficient way to create induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells, derived from mouse fibroblasts, by using a single virus vec...
Life Sciences | Read moreMountaineers measure lowest human blood oxygen levels on record
The world-first measurements of blood oxygen levels in climbers near the top of Mount Everest, published in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), could eventually help critical care doct...
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