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Respiratory Disease
Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing. Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting, such as the common cold, to life-threatening entities like bacterial pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, acute asthma and lung cancer.
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FEB 20, 2016Health & Medicine
Air pollution can have devastating effects on a person’s health. According to the World Health Organization, being ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 06, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Ever wonder how the money raised by the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS was used? Among other things, the money helped fund ...JAN 12, 2016Cancer
Nisin, a naturally occurring preservative found in many foods, is showing promise as a way to fight cancer and anti ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 29, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study may open the door for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) drug treatment. Researchers from the University of ...DEC 26, 2015Health & Medicine
Have you ever had trouble breathing? People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have trouble breathing all ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 14, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The bacterium Mycobacterium leprae is the causative agent of a disease known as leprosy. The bacterium itself is rod-sha ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 29, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Nearly all mammalian cells contain cilia – microscopic hair-like structures that extend from the surface of cells. ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 09, 2015Microbiology
In developed countries, Salmonella is a relatively benign pathogen. It is typically a cause of food-borne illness, ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 30, 2015Microbiology
Gut microbes are in the news yet again. This time, researchers at the University of British Columbia, led by Brett ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 13, 2015Neuroscience
Symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) seem to get better in the winter and worse in the summer, so a group led by Francisc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
For the first time a synthetic DNA vaccine can induce protective immunity against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ( ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 14, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Diseases of the airways -- emphysema, bronchitis, asthma and cystic fibrosis -- are the second leading cause of death wo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells, which have the prospect of turning into any kind of cell, offer the alluring possibility of generating new t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
EPFL scientists discover that certain cell structures, the centrioles, could act as information carriers throughout cell ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 23, 2015Cardiology
Scientific dogma has the respiration process involving only two elements-oxygen and carbon dioxide. Specifically, the de ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have identified a biological basis for asthmatic children who do not respond well to corticosteroid treatmen ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 16, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A new collaborative study describes a way that lung tissue can regenerate after injury. The team found that lung tissue ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Microbiology
In recent years, research into the benefits of gut bacteria has exploded. Scientists across the globe are examining how ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Immunology
Researchers from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio revealed the mol ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 31, 2015Health & Medicine
A research team led by scientists from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has found the genetic signatur ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 26, 2015Immunology
Antibiotic resistance is on its way to spreading around the world among bacteria that are often involved in respiratory ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 05, 2015Cardiology
People living in areas with more air pollution face a greater risk of carotid artery stenosis (narrowing of the arteries ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
FEB 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
Air pollution can have devastating effects on a person’s health. According to the World Health Organization, being
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ever wonder how the money raised by the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS was used? Among other things, the money helped fund
...
JAN 12, 2016
Cancer
Nisin, a naturally occurring preservative found in many foods, is showing promise as a way to fight cancer and anti
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 29, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study may open the door for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) drug treatment. Researchers from the University of
...
DEC 26, 2015
Health & Medicine
Have you ever had trouble breathing? People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have trouble breathing all
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 14, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The bacterium Mycobacterium leprae is the causative agent of a disease known as leprosy. The bacterium itself is rod-sha
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 29, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Nearly all mammalian cells contain cilia – microscopic hair-like structures that extend from the surface of cells.
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 09, 2015
Microbiology
In developed countries, Salmonella is a relatively benign pathogen. It is typically a cause of food-borne illness,
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 30, 2015
Microbiology
Gut microbes are in the news yet again. This time, researchers at the University of British Columbia, led by Brett
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) seem to get better in the winter and worse in the summer, so a group led by Francisc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time a synthetic DNA vaccine can induce protective immunity against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 14, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Diseases of the airways -- emphysema, bronchitis, asthma and cystic fibrosis -- are the second leading cause of death wo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 30, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells, which have the prospect of turning into any kind of cell, offer the alluring possibility of generating new t
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
EPFL scientists discover that certain cell structures, the centrioles, could act as information carriers throughout cell
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 23, 2015
Cardiology
Scientific dogma has the respiration process involving only two elements-oxygen and carbon dioxide. Specifically, the de
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have identified a biological basis for asthmatic children who do not respond well to corticosteroid treatmen
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 16, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A new collaborative study describes a way that lung tissue can regenerate after injury. The team found that lung tissue
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Microbiology
In recent years, research into the benefits of gut bacteria has exploded. Scientists across the globe are examining how
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 15, 2015
Immunology
Researchers from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio revealed the mol
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 31, 2015
Health & Medicine
A research team led by scientists from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has found the genetic signatur
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 26, 2015
Immunology
Antibiotic resistance is on its way to spreading around the world among bacteria that are often involved in respiratory
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 05, 2015
Cardiology
People living in areas with more air pollution face a greater risk of carotid artery stenosis (narrowing of the arteries
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke