New potential to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
January 26, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Kristy Kain
kristy.kain@vanderbilt.edu
615-343-1298
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Researchers discover gene therapy to prevent progression of emphysema
December 20, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Gina M. DiGravio
gina.digravio@bmc.org
617-638-8480
Boston University Medical Center
(Boston) Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered a new gene therapy that may prevent the progression of emphysema. The study, which appears on-line in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, describes a method to express therapeutic genes in lung tissue for a lifetime after only a single treatment.
Vitamin D may halt lung function decline in asthma and COPD
May 21, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Vitamin D may slow the progressive decline in the ability to breathe that can occur in people with asthma as a result of human airway smooth muscle (HASM) proliferation, according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.
Drug Shields Cigarette Smoking Mice From Emphysema
December 23, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Scientists have shown in experiments with mice, that a new drug may protect the animals from respiratory damage caused by cigarettes. The chemical CDDO-Im helped activate a master gene called Nrf2 that bolsters the lung’s ability to fight off chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, a condition that includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis and some types of serious chronic asthma.
