Background: A correlation between plasma CD31+ endothelial microparticles (CD31+EMP) levels and clinical, as well as brain MRI activity, in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients has been previously ...

Drug Improves Effectiveness of Radiation for Lung Cancer That Has Spread to the Brain Oct. 4, 2024 — The University of Cincinnati's Debanjan Bhattacharya is first author of new research ...

Lung cancer symptoms can mimic other conditions and are easy to ignore, especially in the early stages. If you have persistent symptoms like cough, bloody phlegm, chest pain, and shortness of breath, ...

There are two types of lung diseases: obstructive lung disease and restrictive lung disease. Both types can cause symptoms like shortness of breath, but a key difference is when you feel like you’re ...

50 – 80 years of age Have a 20 pack-year history of smoking (1 pack a day for 20 years or 2 packs a day for 10 years) Are a current smoker or have quit within the last 15 years If you meet the ...

Nov. 6, 2024 — Exhaled breath contains chemical clues to what's going on inside the body, including diseases like lung cancer. And devising ways to sense these compounds could help doctors ...

11 This model employs primary human fibroblasts, keratinocytes and endothelial cells that resemble all functional skin layers affected by fibrosis in a three-dimensional (3D) environment and provides ...

Smoking damages nearly every organ and organ system in the body. Smoking is both the leading cause of cancer and the leading cause of death from cancer. 85 percent of lung cancer cases are ...

Atherosclerosis involves multiple processes including endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, vascular proliferation and matrix alteration. Vascular proliferation contributes to the pathobiology of ...