Respiratory diseases

International Travelers Experience the Harmful Effects of Air Pollution
Even a short stay for travelers in cities with high levels of air pollution leads to breathing problems that can take at least a week from which to recover, a new study ...
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Potential Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Uses 'Molecular Prosthetic' for Missing Lung Protein
An approved drug normally used to treat fungal infections could also do the job of a protein channel that is missing or dysfunctional in the lungs of ...
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Engineers Create an Inhalable Form of Messenger RNA
In an advance that could lead to new treatments for lung disease, researchers have now designed an inhalable form of mRNA. This aerosol could be administered directly to the lungs to help treat ...
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Researchers Use Gene Editing With CRISPR to Treat Lethal Lung Diseases Before Birth
Using CRISPR gene editing, researchers have thwarted a lethal lung disease in an animal model in which a harmful mutation causes death within hours ...
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Effects of use of an eHealth platform e-Vita for COPD patients on disease specific quality of life domains
Integrated disease management with self-management for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is effective to improve clinical outcomes. eHealth can improve patients’ involvement to be able to accept and...
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Do blood eosinophils strictly reflect airway inflammation in COPD? Comparison with asthmatic patients
Airway eosinophilic inflammation is a characteristic of asthmatic patients and of a sub group of COPD subjects. Blood eosinophils are deemed as a good surrogate marker of sputum eosinophilic inflammation; howe...
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