Lungs in Medical News

Vaporized viral vector shows promise in anti-cancer gene therapy

... to lung tissues. "Aerosol delivery targets the lungs specifically and represents a noninvasive ... that CTMP can suppress lung tumor mass in the lungs and lentivirus may act as an effective carrier of ... CTMP delivery suppressed lung tumor mass in the lungs of the mice. Furthermore, the number and volume ...

Protein may be strongest indicator of rare lung disease, study shows

... Cincinnati (UC) have discovered a protein in the lungs that can help in determining progression of the ... proteins are lipoproteins that allow the lungs to stretch and function. These have previously ... lung. As the disease progresses, air sacs in the lungs become replaced by fibrotic scar tissue. Lung ...

Even with medication, asthma patients show chronic airflow changes in lungs

... location and degree of airway narrowing in the lungs of asthma sufferers can be markedly persistent ... which the small and medium-sized airways of the lungs become obstructed. Narrowing or closure in the ... to visualize areas of airflow obstruction in the lungs called ventilation defects. To perform the ...

Breathing life into injured lungs: World-first technique will expand lung donor organ pool

... the Toronto technique maintains donor lungs at a normal body temperature of 37 degrees ... lungs. The Toronto System was used on donor lungs for Andy Dykstra, 56, who received his transplant ... uses the novel Toronto strategy to identify donor lungs which do not meet current transplant criteria, ...

Scientists Spot Key to Cystic Fibrosis Infections

... pigments in mucus could fight deadly,,bacteria in lungs TUESDAY, Dec. 16 (HealthDay News) -- ... called phenazines that stain the mucus in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients are signaling ... death among CF patients, because it chokes their lungs with sticky mucus. It's long been believed ...

Broccoli Compound May Help COPD Patients

... said. "Now we know the defense system in the lungs is getting lost -- but there is a hope that you ... in COPD is not repairing the damage done to the lungs but rather preventing bacterial infection. "Most COPD patients manifest infection in the lungs and they die from that," he said. What the ...

Note to people with scarred and stiffened lungs: Monitor your sleep before severe fatigue sets in

... disease that progressively damages the lungs and starves the body of oxygen. For two years ... beset by fatigue. Her energy levels sank as her lungs deteriorated. Breathing became difficult, and ... which showed that 18 of 22 people with fibrosed lungs had problems breathing while asleep. The ...

Assisted Breathing Eases Lung Symptoms for Heart Patients

... breathing improves the symptoms of patients whose lungs fill with water because of a weak heartbeat, but ... ventilation (NIPPV). Both deliver more air to the lungs through face masks -- CPAP continuously, NIVVP in ... pulmonary edema -- accumulation of fluid in the lungs due to a weak heartbeat. Standard treatment in ...

Young Pop Star's Emphysema Startles Experts

... "a small amount of emphysema." The soul singer's lungs do show a small amount of scarring, but her ... let alone that other thing. With patience, her lungs will recover completely. She's responding very ... that "the only thing that can go into her lungs right now is fresh air," her father said. "She ...

The breathing lifeline that comes at a price

... and Leicester is to use computer modelling of lungs based on information collected from real patients ... which mechanically inflate and deflate the lungs can cause tearing. You can be faced with a ... make it out of the ICU, they could be left with lungs so badly scarred it could affect them for the ...

Carbon Monoxide May Help Bypass Surgery Patients

... car exhaust provides anti-inflammatory effects in lungs FRIDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- ... gas in car exhaust fumes -- may help protect the lungs of patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass ... CO provides anti-inflammatory effects in the lungs and decreases the instance of cell death during ...

Personalized therapy for asthma and COPD could soon be here

... that tells us what's going on in the patient's lungs at the cellular and molecular level." Asthma and ... same immune process could also be detected in the lungs of people with severe asthma and COPD. This type ... but it still caused changes in the airways of the lungs that were similar to the disease found in humans ...

Melissa Biggs, Fashion Designer and Former Baywatch Actress, Teams with CSL Behring to Raise Awareness of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, a Commonly Misdiagnosed Respiratory Disease

... roles is to shield the delicate tissues of the lungs by binding to neutrophil elastase, an ... the neutrophil elastase released to protect the lungs is uncontrolled and can injure healthy lung tissue. Repeated injury to the normal structure of the lungs can eventually result in emphysema, the most ...

Obesity May Worsen Impact of Asthma

... between obese and non-obese people in how the lungs and airways respond to a simulated asthma attack. ... dynamic hyperinflation -- air breathed into the lungs can't be expelled. This often occurs with acute ... capacity (FRC -- how much air remained in the lungs after exhalation) and inspiratory capacity (IC -- ...

Obesity worsens impact of asthma

... comparative difference in how the airways and lungs respond to a simulated asthma attack in obese and ... dynamic hyperinflationwhen air breathed into the lungs cannot be exhaled. This often occurs with acute ... measures, including how much air remained in her lungs after exhalation (functional residual capacity, ...

New treatment could reduce chronic lung disease in premature babies

... surfactant keeps the tiny air sacs inside the lungs from sticking together when they inflate and ... off, he says. But that can cause trauma to the lungs in several ways damage caused by the amount of ... CPAP reduces the trauma, Dr. Bhatia says. The lungs of premature babies are very fragile and the ...

Study sheds light on deadly lung disease

... response to minor lung injury. The lungs from transgenic mice given normal, unbuffered saline demonstrated fibrotic traits similar to lungs from wild-type mice injected with ... microscopy revealed AEC abnormalities in the lungs of transgenic controls and bleomycin-affected ...

Mouth may tell the tale of lung damage caused by smoking

... cancer-inducing molecular alterations in the lungs could spare patients and those at risk of lung ... comparison showed methylation of p16 in the lungs of 23 percent of study participants, of FHIT in ... into the molecular events that take place in the lungs of chronic smokers." One follow-up area of ...

First Mosaic laureate to gain doctorate for work on heart function

... that patients with a high blood pressure in the lungs die because the right ventricle is not capable of ... out into the cause of high blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension), little attention is ... ventricle. The high blood pressure in the lungs also indirectly affects the left ventricle. As ...

Lung Capacity Declines Faster With Diabetes

... and non-traumatic amputations, can also cause the lungs to deteriorate quicker than they normally do with ... April issue of Diabetes Care concluded that the lungs of people with type 2 diabetes deteriorate more ... vital capacity (FVC), a measure of how well the lungs fill with air, said study author Hsin-Chieh ...

Lung damage in babies with congenital heart disease under study

... then we think the system gets shut down and the lungs dont get any bigger, says Dr. Stephen M. Black, ... to the lungs, resulting in too much volume in the lungs and too little in the body. The overworked heart, ... about three times as much blood flow going to the lungs as to the systemic circulation, says Dr. Black. ...

Study suggests new therapy for lung disease patients

... dioxide (CO2) or hypercapnia in the blood and lungs of patients with acute lung disease may be ... that high levels of CO2 make it harder for the lungs to clear fluid. The excess CO2 initiates a ... This creates a greater risk of edema in which the lungs flood with fluid. The investigators worked ...

Cigarettes leave deadly path by purging protective genes

... we not only lose a bit of youthfulness but the lungs are left open to destructive inflammation and ... Rahmans team studied the levels of SIRT1 in the lungs of nonsmokers and smokers with and without COPD. ... chemical signaling system that protects the lungs from smoke and pollution. They investigated how ...

Rare lung disease cells indicate higher death risk

... CINCINNATILarge numbers of certain cells in the lungs of patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary ... cellsa type of white blood cellin patients lungs were associated with a 30 percent increased risk ... fibrosis (IPF). A measure of cell types in the lungs of IPF patients at the time of diagnosis may ...

JCI online early table of contents: Jan. 10 2008

... side of the heart to by-pass the fluid filled lungs and directly enter the main blood vessel network ... blood impair the function of the cells lining the lungs (alveolar epithelial cells [AECs]) increased ... ability of these cells to remove fluid from the lungs and resulting in difficulty breathing. AUTHOR ...

Small RNAs can prevent spread of breast cancer

... that suppress the spread of breast cancer to the lungs and bone. The new research shows that the most ... reduced the cells ability to spread to the lungs or bones of mice. They also obtained a sample of ... the cancer cells ability to migrate into lungs or bone. The researchers found a particularly ...

Novel MRI Technique Shows Secondhand Smoke Damages Lungs

... have identified structural damage to the lungs caused by secondhand cigarette smoke. The ... resonance imaging (MRI) to study the lungs of 43 volunteers, including seven current and ... far the helium atoms move, or diffuse, inside the lungs during a specific time period -- 1.5 seconds in ...

Novel MRI technique shows secondhand smoke damages lungs

... have identified structural damage to the lungs caused by secondhand cigarette smoke. The ... magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the lungs of 43 volunteers, including seven current and ... far the helium atoms move, or diffuse, inside the lungs during a specific time period 1.5 seconds in ...

Normal tissue not spared in new forms of breast cancer radiotherapy

... can pass through the breast to the heart and lungs that lie behind, researchers found. Radiating the ... practice, can expose much of the heart and lungs to long periods of lower dose radiation, they ... are getting more exposure overall to their lungs with partial breast irradiation but less lung ...

Drink or Two a Day May Help Lungs

... inhales, exhales and transfers oxygen from the lungs into the bloodstream. Stacking PFT results ... between moderate drinking and healthy lungs appeared to hold up regardless of smoking habits ... if any category of drink is healthier for the lungs than another. Siu said light drinking's ...

Motorcyclist Lives On, Rides On Through Organ Donation

... donor. Michael's spirit lives on:   Michael's heart, lungs and tissues were donated to save lives and the donation brought joy and ... a 64-year-old mother of four and grandmother to 12. She received Michael's lungs after three years of waiting. Barbara told the Corea family that she ...

CNI College Massage Therapy Students Experience Plastination & Cadaver Lab

... and abdominal cavities. The students had the opportunity to hold the lungs from this cadaver who had obviously not smoked, as the lungs were quite healthy looking. The last of the three cadavers was lying face ...

Key to Wound-Healing May Be Explained in Fish Tail

... and thyroid gland. Because hydrogen peroxide is especially present in the lungs and gut, Mitchison and colleagues suggest it may play a role in diseases ... chronic pulmonary obstruction and some inflammatory gut diseases. "Our lungs are supposed to be sterile; our guts are anything but," Mitchison said in ...

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Might Fight Swine Flu

... a flu virus, the immune system dispatches these white blood cells to the lungs to get rid of the virus. But, if the cells don't know when to stop, they ... said. "The mice didn't get as sick, they recovered a lot better and the lungs looked a lot healthier." Orencia and similar drugs would have the added ...

Urine Test Predicts Vein Clot Risk

... an increased risk of dangerous blood clots in the deep veins of the lungs and legs, a Dutch study finds. These venous thromboembolisms (VTEs) ... flights. These clots can become dangerous if they travel to the lungs to produce a pulmonary embolism. But the presence of albumin in urine ...

New Study Shows Long-Term Benefits for Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

... life-threatening disease in which the small blood vessels in the lungs become scarred and narrowed causing the pressure in the pulmonary arteries ... life-threatening disease in which the small blood vessels in the lungs become scarred and narrowed causing the pressure in the pulmonary arteries ...

Pot, Cigarette Smoke Wreaks Havoc on Lungs

... is a progressive condition with no cure that's characterized by diseased lungs and narrowed airways. Most cases are caused by prolonged smoking, ... modest amount of pot smoking added to cigarette smoking really knocks your lungs for a loop," Edelman added. "One wonders if this is a chemical synergism ...

Five Money Saving Tips for Green, Clean and Healthy Home Air Providing Asthma and Allergy Relief

... than one micron will be captured on the air filter - not by the human lungs - producing clean and pure HVAC air quality in the home. A greater amount ... air filter containing pollen, dust, pet dander which lands in the lungs and on home furniture - was it really worth saving an initial few ...

Heartburn medications do not ease asthma symptoms

... evidence that stomach acid traveling up the esophagus could get into the lungs and cause coughing. In addition, studies in laboratory animals showed that ... is exposed to acid, it could send nerve signals that loop back to the lungs and cause airway constriction. But, past investigations into the ...

New tests provide new insight into why patients are in heart failure

... Blood comes into the right side of the heart from the body then to the lungs then back to the left side of the heart which pumps it out to the body. In heart failure, fluid backs up in the lungs and the rest of the body, causing swelling and making it hard to breathe. ...