Tag: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Health

    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.

    3 minutes
    hand holding an electronic cigarette
  • Health

    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.

    4 minutes