MONDAY, Oct. 1, 2018 — Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who have comorbidities are more likely to experience
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Stem cell therapy drug may protect against smoke-related COPD symptoms: Stem cell mobilization protects lung function in mouse study
A drug used in stem cell therapy to treat certain cancers may also protect against cigarette smoke-induced lung injury. The
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Low vitamin D levels associated with scarring lung disease
Reviewing medical information gathered on more than 6,000 adults over a 10-year period, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that lower
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Lung-on-a-chip simulates pulmonary fibrosis: New biotech could reduce time and cost of developing medicine for deadly lung disease
Developing new medicines to treat pulmonary fibrosis, one of the most common and serious forms of lung disease, is not
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Discovery could lead to personalized medical therapies for emerging food allergy disorder
Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have uncovered three distinct subtypes of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), an emerging food allergic
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Implantable islet cells come with their own oxygen supply: Device could help insulin-producing cells live longer after transplant and improve treatment of type 1 diabetes
Since the 1960s, researchers have been interested in the possibility of treating type 1 diabetes by transplanting islet cells —
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Glowing contact lens could prevent a leading cause of blindness: Worn during sleep, the lens interrupts process that destroys cells of the retina
Hundreds of millions of people suffer from diabetes worldwide, putting them at risk for a creeping blindness, or diabetic retinopathy,
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