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Unusual carbon build-up found in lungs of COPD patients
Scientists have discovered that people with COPD have lung cells that contain over three times as much soot-like carbon as those of smokers without the disease. These overloaded cells are larger and trigger more inflammation, suggesting that pollution and carbon buildup not just smoking may drive the disease.
Boys who are overweight in their early teens risk passing on harmful epigenetic traits...
A new study suggests that boys who become overweight in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma, obesity and low lung function.
Novel rat model paves the way to advance COPD-associated cor pulmonale research
Researchers have developed a novel rat model that closely replicates the pathological features and physiological changes associated with human chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-associated...
New drug shows promise for treating bronchiectasis
Results of a large, global clinical trial spanning five continents with over 1,700 patients with bronchiectasis has demonstrated benefits of an investigational, once-a-day pill called brenso catib as a therapy for the chronic lung condition. It may soon become the first-ever FDA-approved treatment for bronchiectasis.
Surgery doesn’t always help with chronic rhinosinusitis — a new risk score predicts treatment...
A new CT-scan based risk score facilitates the identification of patients at risk of revision endoscopic sinus surgery due to chronic rhinosinusitis.