New drug prototype offers hope for repairing damaged lungs

EurekAlert! - 10-Apr-2024

The drug targets the lungs and activates stem cells

Insilico reveals process for manufacturing AI-generated lung disease treatment

Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) - 10-Mar-2024

AI streamlines drug discovery, taking a potential treatment from concept to clinical trials in record time

Clear skies, clear lungs: Asthma emergencies dropped as air quality improved during lockdown

The Guardian - 09-Feb-2024

Insights from Oxford study calls for continued action to improve air quality everywhere

Forget pills, imagine inhaling your medicine directly to your lungs

New Scientist - 07-Feb-2024

New "nano-pods" carrying antibiotics fight infections in the lungs of mice

AI gives needles the ability to navigate living tissue on their own

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 12-Oct-2023

Self-driving needle could make surgery less invasive and more accessible

Transplanting patients' own cells holds promise in repairing damaged lungs

Independent - 11-Sep-2023

Small clinical trial shows treatment can improve breathing and quality of life

New AI model predicts your true age by looking at your chest

Medical Xpress - 16-Aug-2023

AI-estimated age based on chest radiographs could be a biomarker of ageing and disease

Eat your greens for better lung health: the vitamin K connection

Independent - 10-Aug-2023

Higher vitamin K levels correlated with reduced risk of asthma and COPD

Insilico Medicine begins phase II trials for AI-generated drug candidate in IPF Treatment

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) - 27-Jun-2023

Could target the treatment of a broader range of fibrotic indications beyond idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

AI tool could detect lung disease in minutes using X-ray images

Independent - 07-Nov-2022

Technology that can help detect various diseases quickly and accurately reduces staff time

Targeted drug delivery with microbots made of algae cells to treat acute bacterial pneumonia

UC San Diego School of Medicine - 22-Sep-2022

Nanoparticles-modified microbots coated with neutrophil cell membranes-reduce inflammation in lungs

Impacts of inequality affects the poor and increases the risk of dying from lung disease in UK

The Guardian - 25-Jul-2022

Poorest 10% of patients are now five times more likely to die with lung disease than the wealthiest

3D printed lung scaffold might be ready for clinical trials within five years

3D Printing Industry - 07-Jun-2022

It can be personalised with patients' own cells and printed in three weeks

UK ranks second for lung disease deaths in Western Europe, with more negative impact on poor people

BBC - 28-Feb-2022

UK charity seeks funding opportunities for better treatment and research

mTOR inhibitors reversed immune ageing to treat viral infections in older adults

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 21-May-2021

Much needed approach to improve immune function during the COVID pandemic

Nano-enhanced tobramycin treats severe lung infections with only 2 doses

Phys.org - 13-May-2021

Antibiotic's efficacy improved by 100,000 times in treating cystic fibrosis - currently in preclinical stage

Latest bioink printed airways from patient's own stem cells

Science Daily - 17-Mar-2021

New approach with seaweed-based material could bioprint transplantable organs soon

CohBar's lead candidate may initiate clinical trials in 2022

Longevity Technology - 16-Mar-2021

Mitochondrial-based therapy enters IND to tackle IPF and other fibrotic diseases

Small mobile stem cells finds use in cell therapy for lung conditions

CISION PR Newswire - 02-Mar-2021

SMS cells play a significant role in lung repair and regeneration, and other inflammatory diseases

First-ever AI designed drug candidate for pulmonary fibrosis

Longevity Technology - 24-Feb-2021

Insilico's novel drug target is prepping for IND studies, expecting to start clinical studies by early 2022

Rubedo to first work on lung diseases

Longevity Technology - 20-Jan-2021

Their work will be critical amidst the COVID-19 pandemic - to move into clinical trials soon

Hitch-hiking nanoparticles improve bioavailability of drugs

Nano Magazine - 27-Nov-2020

Liquid coated nanoparticles effectively deliver drugs with no side effects

Honey better than antibiotics in treating respiratory symptoms

Independent - 20-Aug-2020

With its many benefits, clinicians recommend it as an effective alternative

Telomerase gene therapy prevents age-related lung fibrosis in mice

Pulmonary Fibrosis News - 19-Aug-2020

Could pave way for preventing the disease in humans and improve healthspan

A step closer to reversing pulmonary fibrosis via telomerase gene therapy

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 12-Aug-2020

Study in mice revealed great progress and potential for curing fibrotic diseases in humans

Senolytics may have the potential to treat asthma

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 07-Apr-2020

Will senolytics become the panacea to the whole Pandora's box by 100 years into future?

Association between lung function and epigenetic age

Fight Aging! - 31-Jan-2020

Association with acceleration is strongly expressed in women above the age of 50 years

UK needs tougher standards on air pollutants

Guardian - 14-Dec-2019

WHO standard of ultra-fine particles per cubic is 10 micrograms, in the UK it's 25 micrograms

London air is no longer safe to breathe because of pollution

Independent - 05-Dec-2019

Legislators need to take air pollution seriously and toughen up to WHO standards

Sophie Yeo tries out an Atmotube on the streets of Newcastle

DeSmog UK - 01-Oct-2019

Monitors VOCs and PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 particles - and warns you when air quality drops

Plume Labs Cycling Club goes out on the city streets to review R-PUR Nano mask

Plume Labs - 30-Sep-2019

PM2.5 filtration efficiency >99.9% even allowing for leakage due to different shaped faces

Indoor levels of carbon dioxide are dangerous for health

Guardian - 08-Jul-2019

Open a window at home and work to stop CO2 levels rising indoors

UK policies are successful in reducing air pollution

The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - 26-Jun-2019

Clean Air Strategy could be the key to eliminating air pollution in UK

Cooking can make indoors as polluted as London streets

Guardian - 15-May-2019

Here's my Flow reading - definitely peaks when cooking dinner

Roadside hedges reduce some pollution by 63 percent

ScienceDaily - 04-Jan-2019

More hedges could greatly improve the health of pedestrians and residents

Wet wood on inefficient stoves - a poisonous combination

Guardian - 11-Oct-2018

Try not to buy wet wood and smoky coal

UK's first air-filtering bus launches in Southampton

Guardian - 27-Sep-2018

The Go ahead group, a British bus line installed special filters on top of their units as an effort to clean the air of the city

Vaping could cause chronic diseases

Independent - 14-Aug-2018

Vaporized nicotine promotes lung buildup and is a more potent cell killer

Air pollution directly linked to child's death

BBC - 03-Jul-2018

9 year old died from an Asthma attack probably caused by NO2 and PM10 pollution

Face masks may be ineffective against air pollution

Reuters - 03-May-2018

Wall of moss to fight air pollution

The Argus - 03-Apr-2018

Cleaning products linked to poorer lung function

BBC - 16-Feb-2018

Wood-burning stoves face curbs under government proposals

Financial Times - 21-Dec-2017

Why do we put up with polluting cars that kill us?

Guardian - 11-Dec-2017

New UK map of air pollution provides insights into NO2 levels

ScienceDaily - 30-Nov-2017

Airbubbl aims to clean air inside our cars

BBC - 09-Nov-2017

The Kiwi face mask breathing new life into clean air

The Spinoff - 17-Oct-2017

UK-Dutch-built satellite to track air quality

BBC - 13-Oct-2017

Air pollution blamed for 500,000 early deaths in Europe in 2014

New Scientist - 12-Oct-2017

8 conditions made worse by pollution outdoors

WebMD - 11-Oct-2017

London Mayor calls for ban on wood-burning stoves

Guardian - 29-Sep-2017

Lung cancer deaths to double in non-smokers

Independent - 12-Aug-2017

Cruise ship air quality worse than polluted cities

Independent - 04-Jul-2017

Flow is a wearable air pollution tracker that might help you live longer

Wareable - 03-Jan-2017

Can we rely on DIY air pollution sensors?

The Conversation - 02-Dec-2016

Giant air cleaner unveiled

BBC - 26-Oct-2016

World’s largest air purifier to clean up smog in China

Wired - 03-Oct-2016

Health of more than 90% of world’s population affected by air pollution

Independent - 27-Sep-2016

Benefits of exercise outweigh air pollution

BBC - 05-May-2016

How bad is UK air pollution? (VIDEO)

BBC - 01-Mar-2016

Air pollutants in our homes claim thousands of lives

Telegraph - 20-Feb-2016

Polluted air causes 5.5 million deaths a year

BBC - 13-Feb-2016

China schools covering up with domes to keep out smog

The Strait Times - 30-Dec-2015

Court orders UK to cut NO2 air pollution

BBC - 29-Apr-2015

Breathe Cam Lets Citizens Document Pittsburgh’s Visual Air Pollution and Its Sources

Carnegie Mellon - 03-Dec-2014

Air pollution to blame for 60,000 early deaths per year

Independent - 30-Nov-2014

EU court rules UK government must clean up dangerous air pollution

Guardian - 19-Nov-2014