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In the right amounts, at the right consistency, mucus is a lung's best friend. But if there's too much of it, or if it's too sticky, it can betray the organ it was meant to serve. Stanford Medicine investigato…
Read guide →A novel peptide designed by University of California, Irvine researchers has been found to suppress the damaging lung inflammation seen in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Their study, which appears…
Read guide →A multicenter research team co-led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center developed the first drug to treat the uncontrolled secretion of mucins in the airways, which causes potentially life-thre…
Read guide →Abstract Various lung diseases endanger people’s health. Side effects and pharmaceutical resistance complicate the treatment of acute lung injury, pulmonary fibrosis, and lung cancer, necessitating the develop…
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