Science news articles about 'fatal lung disease'

... pathogens is responsible for some inherited cases of a lethal lung disease affecting older adults. The same ... SFTPA2 gene also had members that exhibited IPF and lung cancer. Dr. Garcia and her team ...

... its role in defending the lungs against invading pathogens is responsible for some inherited cases of a lethal lung disease affecting older adults. The same mutation may also be associated with lung ...

InterMune, a California biotechnology company, said that it would apply for approval of what could be the first drug to treat a fatal lung disease that affects about 100,000 Americans.

... develop an animal model that develops the fatal lung disease. Now, a University of Missouri researcher ... get them through the initial stages of the disease, which they display just like humans, and now ...

... hold the key to stopping patients' fatal lung disease. New findings from the Stanford University ... went wrong and the neutrophils quickly died in the lung, releasing tissue-destroying enzymes, scientists ...

... hold the key to stopping patients' fatal lung disease. New findings show that white ... conflicting signals from cystic fibrosis patients' lungs, setting up a molecular fracas that may explain the patients ...