Respiratory

LACTOBACILLUS has been shown to provide a barrier against Streptococcus pneumoniae colonisation in mice infected with the influenza A virus, providing new insights on how bacteria protect against invading pathogens.

TARGETING endothelial cells in patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with severe lung disease may provide a novel approach to restoring normal lung function, according to a recent study from Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA.

Researchers have identified key markers that could help predict which patients are at increased risk of developing severe COVID-19…

But according to a new study, patients seriously ill with COVID-19 could be at risk of developing permanent nerve damage from being placed in the prone…

ONE IN FOUR patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have never smoked and the reasons behind this have long evaded researchers

COVID-19 has been shown to significantly affect the lungs. To understand how the immune cells of the lung respond to viral infection, researchers…

ARTIFICIAL intelligence could be used as a crucial tool for clear, objective assessment of lung disease to aid radiologists in what has been a measured…

I am not a fatalist, I do not believe things happen for a reason, but I do believe we can find reason in the things that happen…