HOUSTON — New data from Russia indicate that patients with bronchial asthma experienced significant improvement in clinical symptoms and lung function parameters after treatment with inhaled synthetic ...

However, the poor documentation does not necessarily mean that these techniques are ineffective. In adults with acute lung injury or collapsed lungs during anesthesia, lung recruitment maneuvers can ...

WARRINGTON, Pa., Dec. 7, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Discovery Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq:DSCO), today announced that new Aerosurf ® data in a study employing the well-established preterm lamb model of ...

Jo Rae Wright combines the drive and sense of wonderment of an intrepid researcher with a long record of service to the science of physiology. She is Vice Dean for Basic Research, Chief of the ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers discuss the role of a surfactant-mediated inflammatory response employed by human lungs against the severe acute respiratory ...

To understand the mechanism behind improved oxygenation after surfactant in infants with RDS we analysed changes in lung compliance (C L, ml/cmH 2 O), lung resistance (R L, cmH 2 O/l/s/cm), ...

Scientists have developed a new lung surfactant that is produced synthetically rather than relying on the use of animal tissues. With further development, the formulation could provide a cheaper and ...

WARRINGTON, Pa., Feb. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Windtree Therapeutics, Inc. (NasdaqCM: WINT), a biotechnology company focused on advancing multiple late-stage interventions for acute cardiovascular ...

A nationwide study led by researchers at UCSF provides evidence that inhaled nitric oxide is safe and effective for the prevention of the most common type of long-term lung disease of very premature ...

Scientists have identified a gene critical to lung maturation in newborns and the production of surfactant, which lines lung tissues and prevents the lungs from collapsing. Scientists deleted the ...

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (pink) infected with a variant strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (UK B.1.1.7; gold), isolated from a patient sample. Courtesy NIAID UC San Diego ...

LANGHORNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Savara Inc. (Nasdaq: SVRA) (the Company), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare respiratory diseases, announced that a new episode of The ...