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Many Black men with ‘normal’ lung function may actually have emphysema

May 16, 2022 administration black, Emphysema, function, lung, MedicalXpress, Men, normal

Black men with emphysema may be misdiagnosed because of race-specific adjustments to spirometry. Credit: ATS A significant percentage of Black

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First successful treatment of antibiotic-resistant mycobacterial lung infection with bacteriophages

May 13, 2022 administration AntibioticResistant, bacteriophages, infection, lung, MedicalXpress, mycobacterial, successful, treatment

Credit: CC0 Public Domain For the first time, researchers have successfully used bacteriophages—viruses that kill bacteria—to treat an antibiotic-resistant mycobacterial

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Emphysema severity associated with higher lung cancer risk

May 4, 2022 administration cancer, Emphysema, higher, lung, risk, severity

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain CT-detected emphysema is linked to a higher risk of lung cancer, a risk that increases with

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It takes a heart to make a better lung

April 29, 2022 administration heart, lung, takes

Segregation of heart and lung microtissues. Credit: College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Interactions between the developing heart and lungs

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AI study ‘exciting first step’ toward improving post-treatment surveillance of lung cancer patients

April 25, 2022 administration cancer, exciting, improving, lung, patients, posttreatment, step, study, surveillance

Lung cancer cells. Credit: Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute, CC BY-NC 4.0 Artificial intelligence (AI) could help guide the post-treatment surveillance

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Promising biologic drug for treating chronic lung disease

April 25, 2022 administration Biologic, chronic, disease, drug, lung, MedicalXpress, promising, treating

This image shows the ISM1 protein (in green) produced by alveolar macrophages (AMs) (red), which show up in this image

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Designing a soft robot to improve lung examinations

April 20, 2022 administration Designing, examinations, improve, lung, MedicalXpress, robot, soft

Renée Schnettler and Maxwell Anderson show how the soft robot bends with air pressure. Credit: University of Colorado at Boulder Seniors

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Opdivo May Bring Survival Boost for Lung Cancer Patients

April 15, 2022 administration boost, bring, cancer, lung, Opdivo, Opdivo May Bring Survival Boost for Lung Cancer Patients, patients, survival

Title: Opdivo May Bring Survival Boost for Lung Cancer PatientsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/13/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/14/2022 12:00:00 AM

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Why Do Some Smokers Never Get Lung Cancer?

April 14, 2022 administration cancer, lung, Smokers, Why Do Some Smokers Never Get Lung Cancer

Title: Why Do Some Smokers Never Get Lung Cancer?Category: Health NewsCreated: 4/13/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/13/2022 12:00:00 AM MedicineNet.com

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Lung cancer drug could improve survival rates for bladder cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

April 12, 2022 administration bladder, cancer, chemotherapy, drug, improve, lung, patients, rates, survival, undergoing

Cancer cell during cell division. Credit: National Institutes of Health Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered a drug

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Immunotherapy plus chemotherapy before surgery improves outcomes for lung cancer patients

April 11, 2022 administration cancer, chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, improves, lung, MedicalXpress, Outcomes, patients, surgery

Multiplex immunofluorescence image from the AstroPath platform shows a 70% reduction in lung tumor size, prior to definitive surgery. In

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Lung cancer patients with a genetic variant linked to autoimmune disease may respond better to immunotherapy

April 11, 2022 administration autoimmune, cancer, disease, genetic, Immunotherapy, linked, lung, patients, Respond, variant

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A variant of the CTLA-4 gene associated with autoimmune disease was found to be more frequent

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KRAS G12C inhibitor sotorasib may offer long-term clinical benefit in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

April 10, 2022 administration benefit, cancer, Cell, clinical, G12C, inhibitor, KRAS, longterm, lung, nonsmall, offer, patients, sotorasib

Lung CA seen on CXR. Credit: James Heilman, MD/Wikipedia Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with the KRAS

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Simple changes in care reduced heart exposure during lung cancer radiation treatment

April 8, 2022 administration cancer, care, Exposure, heart, lung, MedicalXpress, radiation, reduced, simple, treatment

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Radiation to the heart during treatment for locally advanced lung cancer is associated with an increased

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Study discovers molecular properties of lung surfactants that could lead to better treatments for respiratory illnesses

April 6, 2022 administration discovers, illnesses, lead, lung, molecular, properties, respiratory, study, surfactants, treatments

Squares A-F show the evolution of the crystalline structures of lung surfactant monolayers as they “finger” or elongate with increasing

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Lung Cancer CT Scans Have Already Saved More Than 10,000 U.S. Lives

April 1, 2022 administration cancer, Lives, lung, Lung Cancer CT Scans Have Already Saved More Than 10000 US Lives, saved, scans

Title: Lung Cancer CT Scans Have Already Saved More Than 10,000 U.S. LivesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/31/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review:

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US lung cancer screening linked to earlier diagnosis and better survival

March 31, 2022 administration cancer, diagnosis, earlier, linked, lung, MedicalXpress, screening, survival

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The introduction of lung cancer screening in the US in December 2013 is associated with more

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Intense light protects against lung damage

March 25, 2022 administration damage, intense, light, lung, protects

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Intense light activates proteins shown to protect against lung damage in mice, a discovery that could

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Double lung transplant saves US man with terminal cancer

March 25, 2022 administration cancer, double, lung, Man, MedicalXpress, saves, terminal, Transplant

Albert Khoury (R) speaks about his new lungs with surgeon Ankit Bharat in Chicago in January 2022, in a handout

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Researchers develop novel method to identify and treat aggressive early-stage lung cancers

March 25, 2022 administration aggressive, cancers, develop, earlystage, identify, lung, MedicalXpress, method, researchers, treat

Pro-invasive and indolence signature genes associated with tumor invasion at early-stage lung adenocarcinoma. Credit: Nature Communications (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29230-7 Mount

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