Tag: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Nation & World
Controversy over e-cigarette flavorings heats up
A new study finds two chemicals commonly used to flavor e-cigarettes may be damaging cilia production and function in the human airway.
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Nation & World
COPD, asthma now can be studied outside the body
A multicomponent, microfluidic small airway-on-a-chip model provides new opportunities to study human lung inflammatory disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, and to test preclinical drug candidates outside the human body.