Karius, Inc. Announces Collaboration to Extend Access to Infectious Disease Diagnostics

Expanding access to precision diagnostics for complex infections. With rising rates of complicated and hospital-acquired ...

11-litre saline wash op saves woman’s lungs

Kolkata: A 34-year-old woman from Behrampore, who was suffering from breathlessness and dry cough for a year, underwent a ...

First-line immunotherapy shows success treating advanced colorectal cancer

As colorectal cancer rates rise among young people, most patients with advanced disease still only have one treatment option: ...

Hyderabad doctors perform 10-hour lung washing procedure to save 38-year-old

Hyderabad doctors successfully perform a 10-hour lung washing procedure, improving a 38-year-old patient's breathing and ...

"whole-lung-lavage-wll"

Doctors at Apollo Hospitals in Hyderabad successfully performed a complex Whole Lung Lavage procedure on a patient with a rare lung disease. The 10-hour treatment cleared protein buildup in the lungs, ...

Apollo Hospitals successfully performs rare whole lung lavage procedure in Hyderabad

Doctors at Apollo Hospitals in Hyderabad successfully performed a complex Whole Lung Lavage procedure on a patient with a ...
Healio

Diagnostic Tests and Differential Diagnosis

Unless pathognomonic signs are present or symptoms consistent with measles appear during a local outbreak, diagnosing measles based on clinical signs alone is challenging. Laboratory testing thus ...
Managed Healthcare Executive

FDA assigns goal date for Molbreevi for rare lung disease

Autoimmune PAP affects ~7 per million in the U.S. and can progress from dyspnea and infections to lavage dependence and, in severe cases, lung transplantation. Inhaled recombinant GM-CSF is intended ...
PNAS

Lipid nanoparticle GM-CSF replacement for autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP) is a rare, life-threatening lung disease driven by granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) deficiency, which impairs alveolar ...
thorax.bmj

S157 A single centre retrospective study investigating the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease

Introduction Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) differential cellular analysis may be a valuable tool in the diagnostic evaluation of patients with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), with international ...
The New York Times

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard. Gary Hairston, 71, is a retired coal miner ...
C&EN

Intraday and Interday Evaluation of pH and Hydrogen Peroxide in the Exhaled Breath Condensate of Horses Using A Portable Device

Graduate Program in Animal Science, Pontifícia Universidade Católica Paraná, Rua Imaculada Conceição 1155, Prado Velho, 80215-901 Curitiba, PR, Brazil Graduate Program in Animal Science, Pontifícia ...