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The Nicotine in E-Cigarettes Appears to Impair Mucas Clearance

By Dacia Morris | American Thoracic Society on Jun 7, 2019   Featured, Health  

The Nicotine in E-Cigarettes Appears to Impair Mucas Clearance

  E-cigarette vaping with nicotine appears to hamper mucus clearance from the airways, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. In “Electronic Cigarette Vapor with Nicotine Causes Airway Mucociliary Dysfunction Preferentially via TRPA1 Receptors,” a team of researchers from the University of Kansas, University […]

Is Fish Slime an Untapped Resource?

By Fishermen's News Online on Apr 22, 2019   Featured, Fishermen's News Online  

Is Fish Slime an Untapped Resource?

  Researchers seeking potential replacements for current antibiotics losing their effectiveness against multidrug-resistant pathogens have identified a possible option in the protective mucus that coats young fish. The team, led by principal investigator Sandra Loesgen at Oregon State University, presented their findings at the recent meeting of the American Chemical Society Spring 2019 National meeting […]

Study sheds new light on asthma, COPD

By Julia Evangelou Strait | Washington University in St Louis on Mar 18, 2015   Health  

Study sheds new light on asthma, COPD

In diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the body produces too much mucus, making breathing difficult. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides clues to potentially counteract inappropriate mucus production. “The new study lays the groundwork for developing treatments for diseases such as asthma, COPD, cystic […]

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