Most positive TB infection tests won’t lead to disease

Tuberculosis infection is "rarely life-long and in 90% or more of infected people, there is no possibility of TB development..."

John Infanti-Penn • futurity
Oct. 28, 2019 ~4 min

Inhaled drug for preemies cuts pneumonia risk in mice

A drug to protect the lungs of premature babies from pneumonia fell flat before. New research with mice suggests it just needs to go up the nose.

Tamara Bhandari-Washington University • futurity
Oct. 16, 2019 ~1 min


Particles from 3D printers may be bad for your health

3D printers produce particles that can negatively affect air quality indoors, make the air toxic, and potentially harm respiratory health.

Josh Brown-Georgia Tech • futurity
Oct. 7, 2019 ~5 min

Climate could push fungus infection from dirt north

Check the map to see how climate change could increase the range of Valley fever, a fungal infection of the lungs that can be fatal in extreme cases.

Brian Bell-UC Irvine • futurity
Sept. 20, 2019 ~6 min

Are the vaping risks real? 3 questions for an expert

Vaping risks, and even deaths, are in the news. Here's a tobacco dependence expert's take on the issue.

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
Sept. 16, 2019 ~2 min

Tiny device shows how asthmatic spasms happen

A "bronchi on a chip" one-thousandth the size of a human hair that mimics the behavior of the human airways sheds light on bronchospasm.

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
Aug. 26, 2019 ~3 min

Air pollution speeds up emphysema

Air pollution's effect on the progress of emphysema in the lungs is "in the same league as the effects of cigarette smoking."

David Hill-Buffalo • futurity
Aug. 14, 2019 ~5 min

Portable breath analyzer spots lung disease faster than docs

The new device is about the size of a shoebox and can detect acute respiratory distress syndrome with 90% accuracy in much less time than current methods.

Jim Lynch-Michigan • futurity
Aug. 1, 2019 ~5 min


Standard approach to mild asthma often falls short

Different types of asthma may require different kinds of treatments, according to research that finds the current treatment may not work for everyone.

Northwestern U. • futurity
July 17, 2019 ~3 min

‘Trained’ master cells could improve TB vaccine

Training certain cells "might be one way we can make a more effective vaccine for TB."

Tamara Bhandari-Washington University • futurity
June 7, 2019 ~7 min

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