News tagged with lung tissue
Related topics: lung , chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Inhaled nanoparticles deliver potent anticancer cocktail to lung tumors and block resistance
(PhysOrg.com) -- An ideal treatment for lung cancer would be one that could be inhaled deep into lung tissue where it would deliver tumor-killing agents that would then largely stay in the lungs, avoiding the toxicities that ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 21, 2011 |
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UK taxi driver becomes first mummy for 3,000 years
A former British taxi driver has become the first person in the world for 3,000 years to be mummified in the same way as the pharaohs.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Enzyme helps prepare lung tissue for metastatic development
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study has identified a new role for an important enzyme in preparing lung tissue for the development of metastases. Published in the early edition of Proceedings of the National Ac ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Findings on pollution damage to human airways could yield new therapies
Researchers from Duke University Medical Center have identified how nanoparticles from diesel exhaust damage lung airway cells, a finding that could lead to new therapies for people susceptible to airway disease.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Deadly monkeypox virus might cause disease by breaking down lung tissue
A new study of an exotic, infectious virus that has caused three recent outbreaks in the United States reveals clues to how the virus might damage lungs during infection. The findings also suggest possible ...
Oct 27, 2010 |
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Team finds cellular structural molecule can be toxic: Makes pneumonia worse
A structural molecule and the cellular pump that regulates its levels influence the severity of pneumonia and could provide new ways of treating the lung infection, which is a leading cause of hospitalization and death, according ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Scientists implant regenerated lung tissue in rats (w/ Video)
A Yale University-led team of scientists reports that it has achieved an important first step in regenerating fully functional lung tissue that can exchange gas, which is the key role of the lungs. Their paper appears in ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 24, 2010 |
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To Improve Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Good Medicine Is a Polymer Pill
(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors may soon be able to diagnose lung cancer more effectively thanks to research performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where scientists have found ways both ...
Apr 28, 2010 |
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Naturally occurring lipid blocks RSV infection in lungs
Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered that a naturally occurring lipid in the lung can prevent RSV infection and inhibit spread of the virus after an infection is established. RSV is the major cause of hospitalization ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 21, 2009 |
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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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Molecule plays early role in nonsmoking lung cancer
The cause of lung cancer in never-smokers is poorly understood, but a study led by investigators at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and at the National Cancer Institute has identified a molecule believed ...
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Fighting TB might be a matter of 'flipping a switch' in immune response
Scientists are focusing on a new concept in fighting airborne pathogens by manipulating what is called the "switching time," the point at which a highly regulated immune response gives way to powerful cells that specialize ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 22, 2009 |
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'Evolved' virus may improve gene therapy for cystic fibrosis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Iowa have turned a relatively benign virus into a highly infectious form that is ideal as a carrier for gene ...
Feb 16, 2009 |
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'Imprinted' developmental genes gain new roles in adult stem cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- The repair of tissues damaged by injury or illness relies on the ability of adult stem cells to grow and self-renew. But this ability needs to be tightly controlled; if regulation is lost, the stem cells ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Study links vitamin D to lung cancer survival
Recent research suggests vitamin D may be able to stop or prevent cancer. Now, a new study finds an enzyme that plays a role in metabolizing vitamin D can predict lung cancer survival.
Mar 01, 2011 |
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