News tagged with lung infections
Intensive fungicide use may lead to azole resistance in humans
Dec 01, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the Netherlands, including Gert Kema of Plant Research International, published an article in the Lancet Infectious Diseases about the relationship between fungic ...
Research could lead to new non-antibiotic drugs to counter hospital infections
Apr 09, 2009 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
Lack of an adequate amount of the mineral phosphate can turn a common bacterium into a killer, according to research to be published in the April 14, 2009, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academies of ...
New approach to treating cystic fibrosis lung infection shows promise
Sep 22, 2008 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Researchers at the University of Calgary have found a new method of fighting severe lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). These findings are published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, this w ...
Search results for lung infections
Inhalable form of gene-therapy takes aim at lung cancer and inflammatory lung disease
Jun 09, 2008 |
3.5 / 5 (2) |
0
A new inhalable form of gene therapy — based on technology recognized in the 2006 Nobel medicine prize, shows increasing promise for treating lung cancer, infectious diseases and inflammatory lung disease, scientists have ...
Protein opens hope of treatment for cystic fibrosis patients
Sep 11, 2008 |
4.8 / 5 (4) |
0
Scientists have finally identified a direct role for the missing protein that leaves cystic fibrosis patients open to attack from lung-damaging bacteria, the main reason most of them die before their 35th birthday, scientists ...
Researcher identifies new target to prevent fatal flu lung complication
Sep 29, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Research led by Dr. Jay Kolls, Professor and Chairman of Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has identified a therapeutic target for acute lung injury resulting in acute respiratory distress syndrome, a highly ...
The making of mucus in common lung diseases
Sep 14, 2009 |
3.5 / 5 (2) |
0
In the lung, mucus is produced by cells known as goblet cells, which are present in small numbers in the walls of the lungs and airways.
Mobilizing white blood cells to the lung: New discovery could lead to an improved influenza vaccine
Jul 10, 2008 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Findings just published in the scientific journal Immunity by researchers at the Trudeau Institute shed new light on how a previously-unknown messaging mechanism within the human immune system prompts specific influenza-fighting ...
Study shows why cigarette smoke makes flu, other viral infections worse
Jul 24, 2008 |
4.5 / 5 (4) |
0
A new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine could explain why the cold and flu virus symptoms that are often mild and transient in non-smokers can seriously sicken smokers. Published in the Journal of Clinical In ...
Bacteria 'launch a shield' to resist attack
Nov 02, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Bacteria that cause chronic lung infections can communicate with each other to form a deadly shield against the body's natural defenses. Studying these interactions could lead to new ways of treating bacteria that are resistant ...
Cystic fibrosis treatments may have unseen long-term benefits
Jul 16, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Cystic fibrosis medicines that help to break down mucus in the lungs may carry an unexpected long-term benefit, a study suggests.
Gene associated with reduced mortality from acute lung injury
Jan 16, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Researchers at National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado Denver have discovered a gene that is associated with improved survival among patients with acute lung injury. Acute lung injury (ALI) is often caused by ...
Tuberculosis not the only risk from new immunological drugs
May 20, 2008 |
4.2 / 5 (5) |
0
A new survey cautions physicians that drugs commonly prescribed for patients suffering from immunological disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease may carry risks of serious infections other than ...
List of search results for lung infections
