Fine particulate matter, or soot pollution, is in the air we breathe and has been linked to asthma, heart disease and early death, disproportionately affecting urban communities of color.
Environment
Jan 31, 2023
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Researchers have designed the first "living medicine" to treat lung infections. The treatment targets Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a type of bacteria that is naturally resistant to many types of antibiotics and is a common source ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 19, 2023
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Over 80% of premature deaths caused by small smoke particles in the United States result directly from human-ignited fires. This is the outcome of a study published today in IOP Publishing's journal Environmental Research ...
Environment
Jan 16, 2023
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More than 2,500 genes exhibit significant sex differences in expression in mouse alveolar type II cells (AT2s), which are important for keeping the lungs functioning, potentially explaining sex biases in the prevalence and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 12, 2023
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Proteins can make any inventor green with envy. It is proteins that make the body work. But when these same super-substances make mistakes, we may get sick with things like cancer or Alzheimer's disease. The job of researchers ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 12, 2023
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Unprecedented views of the interior of cells and other nanoscale structures are now possible thanks to innovations in expansion microscopy. The advancements could help provide future insight into neuroscience, pathology, ...
Biotechnology
Jan 2, 2023
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A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, working with a colleague from Temple University, has found that transcriptional adaptation appears to play a role in inherited epigenetic changes.
After a severe bout with a respiratory illness like flu, COVID, or RSV some patients' lungs never fully recover. In these cases, scientists have seen cells normally found in the upper airway growing deep in the lungs, where ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 13, 2022
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The developing human lung has been mapped in unprecedented detail, identifying 144 cell states in the early stages of life, and uncovering new links between developmental cells and lung cancer.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 8, 2022
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Cancer is characterized by a number of key biological processes known as the "hallmarks of cancer," which remodel cells and their immediate environment so that tumors can form, grow, and thrive. Many of these changes are ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 2, 2022
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