News tagged with alveoli
Dendritic cells spark smoldering inflammation in smokers' lungs
Inflammation still ravages the lungs of some smokers years after they quit the habit. What sparks that smoldering destruction remained a mystery until a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine found that ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Scientists 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 accounting for 90% of the ...
Aug 03, 2009 |
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