News tagged with pulmonary disease
Bioartificial lungs transplanted into rats (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in the US have grown lungs in their laboratory and transplanted them into rats. The transplanted lungs functioned for up to six hours. The current work follows independent research ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Cigarette smoke causes harmful changes in the lungs even at the lowest levels
Casual smokers may think that smoking a few cigarettes a week is "no big deal." But according to new research from physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, having an infrequent smoke, ...
Aug 20, 2010 |
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Scientists grow new lungs using 'skeletons' of old ones
For someone with a severe, incurable lung disorder such as cystic fibrosis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a lung transplant may be the only chance for survival. Unfortunately, it's often not a very good chance. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 24, 2010 |
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Scientist chronicle nanoparticles' journey from the lungs into the body
Using a novel, real-time imaging system, scientists have tracked a group of near-infrared fluorescent nanoparticles from the airspaces of the lungs, into the body and out again, providing a description of ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Study: Cigarette smoking does not affect everyone in same way
Cigarette smoking induced COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a disease that results in severe breathing difficulty. According to World Health Organization (WHO) it is the fourth leading killer worldwide. However ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Iranian scholars share Avicenna's medieval medical wisdom
For pulmonary ailments, certain mediaeval physicians had a useful medical textbook on hand offering detailed information remarkably similar to those a modern doctor might use today. One of the fathers of medicine, the great ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Nanosensor Arrays 'Smell' Cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2006 researchers established that dogs could detect cancer by sniffing the exhaled breath of cancer patients. Now, using nanoscale arrays of detectors, two groups of investigators have shown that a compact ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Smokers' COPD risk is genetic
It's well known that puffing on cigarettes can eventually leave you out of puff. But why do a quarter of long-term smokers develop serious breathing problems, when others do not? New research published BioMed Central's open ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Allergy season: Cigarettes to the rescue?
Everyone knows that smoking can kill you, but did you know that it may help with your allergies? A new study shows that cigarette smoke can prevent allergies by decreasing the reaction of immune cells to allergens.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 14, 2009 |
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Portable and precise gas sensor could monitor pollution and detect disease
In the air, it is a serious pollutant. In the body, it plays a role in heart rate, blood flow, nerve signals and immune function. Nitric oxide, a gas well known to scientists for its myriad functions, has ...
Sep 18, 2009 |
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New genes for lung disease discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered five genetic variants that are associated with the health of the human lung. The research by an international consortium of 96 scientists from 63 centres in Europe and Australia ...
Dec 13, 2009 |
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Long-term use of vitamin E may decrease COPD risk
Long-term, regular use of vitamin E in women 45 years of age and older may help decrease the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by about 10 percent in both smokers and non-smokers, according to a study conducted ...
May 16, 2010 |
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Discovery could lead to new therapies for asthma, COPD
Researchers have proved that a single "master switch" enzyme, known as aldose reductase, is key in producing excess mucous that clogs the airways of people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 27, 2011 |
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A new effective strategy for treating tobacco addiction was developed by Chinese researchers
The tobacco addiction epidemic is a major public health problem worldwide. Professor Zhao Baolu and his group from the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese ...
May 11, 2010 |
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Many adults unaware they may be suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
As many as 20 percent of adults with known risk factors are currently undiagnosed but suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), states a research article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 06, 2010 |
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