Lung tumors hack the nervous system to cause severe cachexia
Cachexia is a condition in which patients affected by cancer or other chronic diseases become sick and lose…
Trial offers hope for babies with fetal kidney failure
Women diagnosed early in pregnancy with a fetus lacking adequate kidney function to make the urine that serves…
Monoclonal antibody shows promise for treating acute respiratory distress syndrome
Doctors have few options for patients who develop a life-threatening lung condition called acute respiratory distress syndrome, or…
Study explains how leukemia creates inflammatory lung environments
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) does more than infiltrate the lungs: it also transforms lung tissue to create an…
New project aims to systematically map billion cellular interactions
Multicellular life depends on remarkable acts of cooperation. Every cell in the human body must sense what is…
Researchers identify genetic cause of severe childhood lung disease
A new report in the American Journal of Human Genetics describes a novel disorder caused by biallelic loss-of-function variants in…
CIC biomaGUNE develops pulmonary surfactant nanoparticles to treat lung diseases
The CIC biomaGUNE Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials has developed pulmonary surfactant nanoparticles (the blend of lipids…
Giuliani Seeks to Have Health Care Covered by 9/11 Program
Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who has been diagnosed with pneumonia, is applying for…
Hidden viral reservoirs in tonsils may explain school-year respiratory outbreaks
A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil reveals that tissues such as the…
Living near Salton Sea linked to reduced lung growth in children
Children who live within 11 kilometers of the Salton Sea, a drying body of water with a high…
New T cell mechanism could lead to longer-lasting vaccines
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine have identified a possible way to make longer…
Triassic Coelacanths May Have Heard the Ocean with Their Lungs
An analysis of two 240-million-year-old coelacanth fossils suggests a bizarre sensory adaptation: an ossified lung that transmitted sound…