respiratory diseases

First rigorous report fills in details and rules out coexisting infections as the cause

Lung Airway Chip could transform cystic fibrosis research, potentially leading to better treatments and outcomes

Viral infections peak in January and bottom out in June, with worse seasons every second year

Rutgers researchers identified a protein leakage related to chronic airway diseases

The finding will indicate how aggressively physicians should treat patients with the associated condition

With rapid advancements in isolation and purification techniques, the potential role of exosomes as biomarkers in disease pathogenesis is becoming clearer

Researchers discover salt-loving bacteria in the lungs of patients with pulmonary fibrosis that secrete a peptide that marks the lung cells it touches for death 

New UK study explores associations between symptoms, the presence of other diseases, spirometry, and emphysema in patients enrolled in the Lung Screen Uptake Trial

The tuberculosis bacteria induce increased hydrogen sulfide production by human macrophages, which increases pathogenesis

About 6,000 people are diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis every year in the UK, though this number appears to be rising