Iron-carrying extracellular vesicles are key to respiratory viral-bacterial co-infection
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Jan. 26, 2021 - The mechanism by which acute viral respiratory infections promote secondary bacterial ...
Tag: Pulmonary/Respiratory Medicine
Potential combined drug therapy for lung cancer
Credit: Kanazawa University Most lung cancers are of a type called non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). This type of cancer is ...
COVID-19 infection in immunodeficient patient cured by infusing convalescent plasma
The 72-year-old patient was unable to mount her own immune defense against the SARS-CoV-2 virus because of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, ...
Lack of physical exercise during COVID-19 confinement may lead to a rise in mortality
In a review article published in Frontiers of Endocrinology, Brazilian researchers estimate a reduction of 35% in levels of physical ...
Metformin use reduces risk of death for patients with COVID-19 and diabetes
Use of the diabetes drug metformin -- before a diagnosis of COVID-19 -- was associated with a threefold decrease in ...
SARS-CoV-2 antibody test helps select donor blood samples for therapeutic use
Credit: Ojeda DS et al., 2021, PLOS Pathogens, CC-BY 4.0 Researchers have developed and applied a robust, versatile antibody test ...
DOD funding helps expand study of investigational drug to prevent ARDS in COVID
Credit: Cody Duty/UTHealth Researchers evaluating whether an investigational oral drug, vadadustat, can help prevent acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in ...
Three-site study highlight effectiveness of FEND nasal calcium rich salts
Credit: Authors In a paper published in Molecular Frontiers Journal, researchers from Cambridge, Massachusetts and Bangalore, India study the effectiveness ...
A CNIO study links severe COVID-19 disease to short telomeres
The study was carried out with data from 89 patients admitted to the IFEMA HospitalCredit: CNIO Patients with severe COVID-19 ...
COVID-19 likely lingered longer than reported in Wuhan
Credit: Duan S, et al. (2021) (CC-BY 2.0) Wuhan City in China was the first place to report COVID-19 in ...
Drug discovery study identifies promising new compound to open constricted airways
University of South Florida experts in airway bitter taste receptors and medicinal chemistry team up to advance a potential asthma ...
Pneumolysis: High altitude specialists explain lung destruction caused by COVID-19
The article by Dr. Gustavo R. Zubieta-Calleja and colleagues in published as open access in Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials, ...
Study: the pandemic’s impact on lung cancer
A UC study shows that the pandemic negatively affected both preventive screening and patient outcomesCredit: Colleen Kelley When the pandemic ...
An atlas of S. pneumoniae and host gene expression during colonization and disease
Streptococcus pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen that commonly infects young children and the elderly. This atlas will help researchers better ...