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Using the breath to gauge the health of our lungs and reveal diseases related to them is emerging as a diagnostic tool with huge potential, with a number of promising technologies on the horizon. Joining them is a new type of nanoparticle developed at … Continue reading MIT nanoparticles tag proteins to reveal disease via the breath
The faint, subtle vibrations created by our beating hearts and inflating lungs may be faint and subtle, but can reveal important information about our general well-being. A tiny new sensor that can be worn in items of clothing could offer a new way to … Continue reading Tiny sensor can be worn on clothing to track health of heart and lungs
Treating the most serious cases of COVID-19 calls for the use of ventilators. We’ve all heard this, and also that there is a shortage of these devices. But there is not one single type of ventilator, and that type of machine is not the only option when it comes to …read more
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is reporting a number of hospitalizations of teenagers displaying severe lung disease with suspicions of links to recent e-cigarette use. The FDA has also recently revealed it has accumulated 127 re… Continue reading At least 11 hospitalizations and 127 seizures linked to vaping, as FDA investigates
Considering how common asthma is, it’s rather surprising that we don’t know all that much about how the condition works. Now, as part of the Human Cell Atlas initiative researchers have mapped the different types of cells in the lungs, and sp… Continue reading Detailed lung cell map uncovers new pieces of the asthma puzzle