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Related video Scientists at Harvard University have discovered that two chemicals that are commonly used to flavor e-cigarettes can cause harm to the human lungs. Tibanna79 | Shutterstock The study was the first of its kind to look into the effects of e-cigarette flavoring agents on human epithelium. It showed that two common e-cigarette flavorings […]
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Related video Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) researchers have shown in mice that immune cells called basophils act to trigger a cascade of immune responses leading to airway degeneration resembling that in human chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder Tokyo, Japan — The airways and lungs are affected by a range of diseases, but while some […]
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Related video A team of investigators led by members of the University of Colorado School of Medicine faculty at CU Anschutz Medical Campus has identified a connection between mucus in the small airways and pulmonary fibrosis. The findings are published in Nature Communications. “The overproduction of a lung mucin (MUC5B) has consistently been shown to […]