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October 18, 2021October 19, 2021

Treatment With pMDI Ensifentrine Found to Improve Lung Function

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Seven days of treatment with ensifentrine, given using a pressurized metered-dose inhaler — called a pMDI — resulted in marked lung function improvements in people with moderate to severe chronic ... Read more

October 14, 2021October 14, 2021

Hemoglobin May Be Promising Biomarker of Clinical Outcomes

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Hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen in blood, may be a promising biomarker to assess the clinical outcomes of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a large U.S.-based study ... Read more

October 11, 2021October 12, 2021

Yale Researcher Using NIH Grant to Study Emphysema Mechanisms

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year grant to a Yale researcher to support his work on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying emphysema, a severe form ... Read more

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021

COPD Foundation Uses AI to Focus Patient Needs, Find the Undiagnosed

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming ubiquitous in all areas of life — used in the houses people live in and the cars they drive, and in the smartphones used every ... Read more

October 4, 2021October 5, 2021

MUC5AC Protein May Help Cause Thick, Sticky Mucus in Lungs

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A mucus protein called MUC5AC may contribute to the abnormally thick and sticky mucus that develops in people with respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new ... Read more

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021

Repeat Lung Injury Depletes Stem Cell Pool There, May Promote COPD

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Repeated lung injury increases the biological age of lung stem cells and progressively diminishes their regenerative abilities, according to a study in mice and lab-grown human cells. These findings suggest ... Read more

September 27, 2021September 28, 2021

Zephyr Valve Now Covered By 2 More Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans

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Two additional Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) plans are now covering Pulmonx’s Zephyr Endobronchial Valve and similar devices to treat severe emphysema, a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). With the ... Read more

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021

Renovion, COPD Foundation Partner on New Therapy to Clear Mucus

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Renovion is teaming up with the COPD Foundation to develop a new nebulized therapy that aims to help clear mucus and reduce inflammation in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... Read more

September 20, 2021September 21, 2021

Noninvasive Ventilation at Home May Reduce Risk of Hospitalization

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Noninvasive ventilation at home, known as NIVH, can reduce the risk of hospitalization, emergency department visits, and death in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who have trouble getting ... Read more

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021

NIH Renews Grant to Research Mechanisms of COPD and IPF

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A $12.8 million five-year renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund research that seeks to better understand the molecular mechanisms that drive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... Read more

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021

Risk of COPD 30% Higher in Earliest Responders to Twin Towers Collapse

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Twenty years after the collapse the World Trade Center, rescue workers and volunteers who assisted at the site in the two days that immediately followed face a 30% increased risk ... Read more

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021

Pollution, Distance From Green Spaces Tied to Quality of Life

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The health-related quality of life of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) living in Barcelona, Spain, is negatively affected by exposure to air pollution and living farther away from ... Read more

September 2, 2021September 2, 2021

Patent Request Filed for JadiCells, Potential COPD Stem Cell Therapy

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Therapeutic Solutions International has filed a patent covering the therapeutic use of JadiCells — a type of mesenchymal stem cell derived from cells lining the umbilical cord — and its ... Read more

August 30, 2021August 31, 2021

How Stem Cell Therapy Works to Ease COPD Described in Study

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Treatment with human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) results in a strong, but temporary, reduction in pro-inflammatory molecules involved in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to data from a Phase 1 ... Read more

August 26, 2021August 26, 2021

Kaleido, COPD Foundation Partner to Investigate KB109

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Kaleido Biosciences is teaming up with the COPD Foundation to investigate KB109, a small compound designed to modulate the gut microbiome — the community of microbes living in the intestines ... Read more