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RIT professor receives grant to investigate new therapeutic approaches for scleroderma

More collagen in the human body is not always good, and Karin Wuertz-Kozak is investigating how disease progresses because of the increase in this important protein.

25 Oct 2022

Researchers identify specific T cell required to bolster vaccine immunity against fungal pneumonia

Researchers at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine have demonstrated in a mouse model that a specific type of T cell, one of the body's potent immune defenses, produces cytokines that are necessary for the body to acquire immunity against fungal pathogens.

25 Oct 2022

Designing an Ultrasound Sticker that can Image your Internal Organs

In this interview, we speak to researchers from the Zhao lab at MIT about their new ultrasound sticker that can provide non-invasive imaging of internal organs for up to 48 hours.

25 Oct 2022

Study reveals how SARS-CoV-2 infection of macrophages promotes inflammatory responses

Dysregulation of macrophages during SARS-CoV-2 infection and the over-exuberant production of pro-inflammatory cytokines by these macrophages has been hypothesized to contribute to severity of COVID-19 disease.

25 Oct 2022

Scientists use systems biology approach to identify molecular players in rheumatoid arthritis

Using a novel systems biology approach, scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have further parsed the cellular players and roles involved in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a complex disease that affects more than one million Americans in ways that have defied development of uniform treatments.

24 Oct 2022

FLASH radiotherapy may hold promise as a potential treatment for tough-to-kill tumors

FLASH radiation treatment – which delivers therapeutic doses of radiation in a fraction of a second – may hold promise as a potential treatment for tough-to-kill tumors, a first-in-human study in a small number of people with bone cancer suggests.

24 Oct 2022

Regular statin use may reduce the risk of death and severity of COVID-19

Commonly used cholesterol-lowering statins may reduce the risk of death and severity of COVID-19 disease, suggests a study of more than 38,000 patients being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2022 annual meeting.

24 Oct 2022

Research suggests that ORF6 is a major SARS-CoV-2 innate immune antagonist

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* server, researchers in the United States demonstrated how severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) open reading frame 6 (ORF6) protein contributes to viral pathogenesis and modulates the host's immune responses.

23 Oct 2022

Overview of the roles of neutrophils in systemic autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases

Researchers assess the role of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in systemic autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders.

23 Oct 2022

Study indicates that the major determinants of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenicity reside outside of the spike protein

Researchers at Boston University made a chimeric recombinant SARS-CoV-2 encoding the spike glycoprotein gene of Omicron in the backbone of an ancestral SARS-CoV-2 isolate.

22 Oct 2022

Scientists discover molecular link between lung tumor growth and disrupted circadian rhythms

Scientists discovered an important molecular link between lung tumor growth and disrupted circadian rhythms, according to a new paper co-authored by a University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute investigator and led by the Scripps Research Institute in California.

21 Oct 2022

Anthelmintic inhibits exacerbated inflammatory response related to COVID-19 in preclinical research

Experiments involving animals and human cells conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil suggest that niclosamide, an anthelmintic widely used against tapeworms, effectively inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication as well as the exacerbated inflammatory response that leads to death in many patients with severe COVID-19.

21 Oct 2022

Study shows a changed microbiome in the lower airways for sarcoidosis patients

Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease that is difficult to diagnose and treat, partly because its cause and mechanism remain unclear.

21 Oct 2022

Researchers identify a natural defense mechanism that protects cells from Pseudomonas infection

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.a.) are resistant to most antibiotics and cause life-threatening infections of wounds or the lungs.

21 Oct 2022

Scientists develop human salivary gland organoids to test SARS-CoV-2 infectivity

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Cell Biology, researchers demonstrated the susceptibility of salivary glands to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in vitro using an organoid culture model.

20 Oct 2022

Immune-suppressing drug reverses symptoms of delirium in mice

Investigators from the departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences at Cedars-Sinai have shown that an immune-suppressing drug similar to one used to treat severe COVID-19 reversed symptoms of delirium in mice whose lungs were injured during mechanical breathing assistance.

19 Oct 2022

Lungs News and Research

RIT professor receives grant to investigate new therapeutic approaches for scleroderma

Researchers identify specific T cell required to bolster vaccine immunity against fungal pneumonia

Designing an Ultrasound Sticker that can Image your Internal Organs

Study reveals how SARS-CoV-2 infection of macrophages promotes inflammatory responses

Scientists use systems biology approach to identify molecular players in rheumatoid arthritis

FLASH radiotherapy may hold promise as a potential treatment for tough-to-kill tumors

Regular statin use may reduce the risk of death and severity of COVID-19

Research suggests that ORF6 is a major SARS-CoV-2 innate immune antagonist

Overview of the roles of neutrophils in systemic autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases

Study indicates that the major determinants of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenicity reside outside of the spike protein

Scientists discover molecular link between lung tumor growth and disrupted circadian rhythms

Anthelmintic inhibits exacerbated inflammatory response related to COVID-19 in preclinical research

Study shows a changed microbiome in the lower airways for sarcoidosis patients

Researchers identify a natural defense mechanism that protects cells from Pseudomonas infection

Scientists develop human salivary gland organoids to test SARS-CoV-2 infectivity

Immune-suppressing drug reverses symptoms of delirium in mice

Study examines the impact of COVID-19 on mental health in children

Gut-innervating nociceptors found to regulate the intestinal microbiota and promote tissue protection

Study shows the importance of both obesity and biological sex in COVID-19 outcomes

SARS-CoV-2 placentitis may cause placental destruction and stillbirth in women not vaccinated for COVID-19

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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