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July 26, 2024

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Children Living in Greener Neighborhoods Show Better Lung Function

July 17, 2024 — A large study of 35,000 children from eight countries has found a 'robust' link between exposure to green spaces in early childhood and better lung function. The study used data from 10 European birth cohorts from 8 countries to conduct a ...

Cystic Fibrosis: School-Aged Children Benefit from Triple Combination Therapy

July 10, 2024 — Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease that so far has been incurable. Those affected have thick, viscous mucus secretions in their lungs, and lung function diminishes steadily over time. Today, ...

Innovative, Highly Accurate AI Model Can Estimate Lung Function Just by Using Chest X-Rays

July 8, 2024 — An artificial intelligence (AI) model that can estimate with high accuracy a person's lung function just by using a chest radiograph has been successfully ...

Scientists Map How Deadly Bacteria Evolved to Become Epidemic

July 4, 2024 — Pseudomonas aeruginosa -- an environmental bacteria that can cause devastating multidrug-resistant infections, particularly in people with underlying lung conditions -- evolved rapidly and then spread globally over the last 200 years, probably ...

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Diabetes Drug Reduces Drug Resistance in Lung Cancer, Improving Chemotherapy Effectiveness

July 17, 2024 — A medication used to treat diabetic neuropathy may make chemotherapy treatments more effective for patients with lung cancer, according to new ...

Air Pollution Exposure During Childhood Linked Directly to Adult Bronchitis Symptoms

June 28, 2024 — A research team has shown that exposure to air pollution during childhood is directly associated with bronchitis symptoms as an adult. To date, many ...

Study Finds Better Survival Rates for Recipients of Lung from Hospital-Based Donor Care Units Compared to Independent Donor Care Units

June 25, 2024 — A new study examined the differences in lung transplant graft outcomes from organs recovered from the two types of deceased organ donor care ...

Nano-Immunotherapy Developed to Improve Lung Cancer Treatment

June 14, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new nanomedicine therapy that delivers anticancer drugs to lung cancer cells and enhances the immune system's ability to fight cancer. The team showed promising results ...

Why Many Lung Cancer Patients Who Have Never Smoked Have Worse Outcomes

June 13, 2024 — The reason why targeted treatment for non-small cell lung cancer fails to work for some patients, particularly those who have never smoked, has been ...

Swimming Microrobots Deliver Cancer-Fighting Drugs to Metastatic Lung Tumors in Mice

June 12, 2024 — Engineers have developed microscopic robots, known as microrobots, capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver cancer-fighting medication ...

New Insights on Polymicrobial Infections in Chronic Lung Diseases

June 11, 2024 — Chronic lung diseases are often accelerated and exacerbated by polymicrobial infections. An international study has identified two types of these so-called dysbioses in cystic fibrosis. They display ...

Lung Organoids Unveil Secret: How Pathogens Infect Human Lung Tissue

June 10, 2024 — How do pathogens invade the lungs? Using human lung microtissues, a team has uncovered the strategy used by a dangerous pathogen. The bacterium targets specific lung cells and has developed a ...

Potential Treatment for Fibrosis

June 6, 2024 — Researchers are developing a new therapeutic approach that uses nanoparticles for the treatment of skin and lung fibrosis, conditions that can result in severe damage to the body's ...

Artificial Intelligence Blood Test Provides a Reliable Way to Identify Lung Cancer

June 6, 2024 — Using artificial intelligence technology to identify patterns of DNA fragments associated with lung cancer, researchers have developed and validated ...

Lung Cancer Study Offers Further Evidence on Importance of Screening

May 21, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated the benefits of lung cancer screening across socioeconomic groups. Evidence in the new study illustrates the value and importance of screening, especially for those who ...

Second Phase 3 Clinical Trial Again Shows Dupilumab Lessens Disease in COPD Patients With Type 2 Inflammation

May 20, 2024 — Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with type 2 inflammation may soon gain access to a new drug -- dupilumab -- that showed rapid and sustained improvements in patients in a pivotal Phase ...

Study Offers New Detail on How COVID-19 Affects the Lungs

May 20, 2024 — New research shows that ferroptosis, a form of cell death, occurs in severe COVID-19 patient lungs. Stopping it improves ...

Pre And Post-Surgical Immunotherapy Improves Outcomes for Patients With Operable Lung Cancer

May 15, 2024 — Compared with pre-surgical (neoadjuvant) chemotherapy alone, adding perioperative immunotherapy -- given before and after surgery -- significantly improved event-free survival (EFS) in patients with ...

Every Breath You Take: Study Models the Journey of Inhaled Plastic Particle Pollution

May 1, 2024 — With recent studies having established the presence of nano and microplastic particles in the respiratory systems of both human and bird populations, new research has modeled what happens when people ...

Nanoparticle Delivery of FZD4 to Lung Endothelial Cells Inhibits Lung Cancer Progression and Metastases

Apr. 16, 2024 — A recent breakthrough study has shown potential to improve therapeutic outcomes for patients suffering from lung ...

Study Reveals Potential to Reverse Lung Fibrosis Using the Body's Own Healing Technique

Apr. 12, 2024 — A recent study uncovers a pathway used during normal wound healing that has the potential to reverse ...

Colorless, Odorless Gas Likely Linked to Alarming Rise in Non-Smoking Lung Cancer

Apr. 11, 2024 — Although lung cancer is traditionally thought of as a 'smoker's disease,' a surprising 15-20% of newly diagnosed lung cancers occur in people who have never smoked, many of whom are in ...

New Drug Prevents Flu-Related Inflammation and Lung Damage

Apr. 10, 2024 — Findings show a newly created drug can prevent runaway inflammation while still allowing the immune system to handle the virus, even when given late into ...

Respiratory Allergies: Newly Discovered Molecule Plays a Major Role in Triggering Inflammation

Apr. 10, 2024 — One of the molecules responsible for triggering the inflammation that causes allergic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and allergic rhinitis, has just been discovered. This molecule, from the ...

Discovery Into How Chronic Lung Conditions Affect Children's Immune System

Apr. 4, 2024 — Researchers have made a breakthrough into how two chronic respiratory diseases in childhood affect the immune system, paving the way for better ...

Connecting the Dots to Shape Growth Forces

Mar. 29, 2024 — Branching patterns are prevalent in our natural environment and the human body, such as in the lungs and kidneys. For example, specific genes that express growth factor proteins are known to ...

Genetically Engineered Dendritic Cells Enhance the Power of Immunotherapy Against Lung Cancer

Mar. 26, 2024 — A new study suggest that using CXCL9 and CXCL10-producing dendritic cells alongside immunotherapy can be a promising strategy to overcome treatment resistance and improve clinical outcomes for ...

New Ultrasound Technology May Revolutionize Respiratory Disease Diagnoses

Mar. 25, 2024 — By evaluating sound vibrations produced by the airflow induced within the lungs and bronchial tree during normal breathing as well as those produced by the larynx during vocalizations, doctors can ...

Research Finds a Direct Communication Path Between the Lungs and the Brain

Mar. 21, 2024 — New research finds a direct communication path between the lungs and the brain which may change the way we treat respiratory infections and chronic conditions. The lungs are using the same sensors ...

Simple Blood Test Could Predict Risk of Long-Term COVID-19 Lung Problems

Mar. 15, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a potential way to predict which patients with severe COVID-19 are likely to recover well and which are likely to suffer 'long-haul' lung problems. That finding ...

Study Provides New Insights Into Deadly Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Mar. 12, 2024 — Researchers may have discovered a mechanical explanation for instability observed in the lungs in cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), particularly in the aftermath of respiratory ...

AI May Predict Spread of Lung Cancer to Brain

Mar. 11, 2024 — Scientists trained a machine-learning algorithm to predict accurately brain metastasis using biopsy samples from early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients. It was also highly accurate in ...

How the Body Copes With Airway Closure

Mar. 6, 2024 — Study in mice reveals novel gasping reflex triggered by cells in the lungs when the airway is ...

Study Unravels the Earliest Cellular Genesis of Lung Adenocarcinoma

Feb. 28, 2024 — Researchers built a new atlas of lung cells, uncovering new cellular pathways and precursors in the development of lung adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer. These findings open the ...