Czech researchers have discovered that nanoplastics can weaken the lungs’ natural defence system, raising fresh concerns ...
Savara Presented New Biomarker Data from the IMPALA-2 Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Molgramostim Inhalation Solution (Molgramostim) in Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (aPAP) ...
ORJ-001 achieved therapeutic exposure and was well tolerated in Phase 1 study, supporting company’s plans to initiate Phase 2 clinical trial in IPF patients ...
The lung is not only a gas-exchange organ but also a highly specialized lipid-rich immunological interface. The COVID-19 era, together with continued work on bacterial pathogenesis and inflammation ...
Our lungs have evolved to heal from damage, but some smokers will suffer irreversible effects It used to be thought that the lungs couldn’t regenerate,” says Dr Charlotte Dean, head of the lung ...
Pulmonary surfactant is a complex lipid–protein mixture that coats the alveolar surface, reducing surface tension and preventing alveolar collapse at end-expiration. Its principal lipid component, ...
Savara Inc. (Nasdaq: SVRA) (the Company), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare respiratory diseases, today announced that the FDA has extended the review period for the ...
A critically ill 33-year-old man survived an almost unimaginable scenario—living for 48 hours without lungs—thanks to a groundbreaking surgical approach. After a severe flu-triggered infection ...
Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago were able to keep a critically ill patient alive for 48 hours after removing both of his lungs, the hospital reported last week. The patient, a 33-year-old ...
Humans can’t live without lungs. And yet for 48 hours, in a surgical suite at Northwestern University, a 33-year-old man lived with an empty cavity in his chest where his lungs used to be. He was kept ...
In 2023 thoracic surgeon Ankit Bharat was working at Northwestern Memorial Hospital when he was drafted to help a 33-year-old influenza patient who was on the verge of death. Bharat recalls that the ...