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Injecting mice with healthy lung endothelial cells — specialized cells lining the inside of blood vessels — prevented, and in some cases reversed, lung damage associated with emphysema, a severe form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in a recent study. The study, “Reversal of emphysema…

The Zephyr Endobronchial Valve leads to sustained and significant improvements in lung function, exercise capacity, and quality of life in people with homogeneous emphysema, a severe form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to one-year data from the IMPACT clinical study. “This is very important data because…

Mice lacking a protein called FCHSD1 were protected from developing emphysema, a severe form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to data from a recent study. Based on these observations, researchers say this protein could serve as a future therapeutic target for COPD. “Our findings may also lead…

The Emphysema Foundation of America (EFA) — a nonprofit focused on raising awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) — is teaming up with the Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a medical device company, to provide free online workshops meant to educate COPD patients about lung health. These…

The COPD Foundation is partnering with Savana, a machine learning and artificial intelligence company, to develop a way of better identifying people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who have not yet been diagnosed, or are at high risk of this disease. De-identified data in electronic medical…

Dental care in Brazil needs to be more accessible to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and integrated into their primary care to better tackle the impact of the disease in the country, a study suggests. “Our research indicates that incorporating preventative oral health into COPD management and…

Treatment with PRP-PC, an investigational platelet-based cellular therapy, may slow the decline in lung function typically experienced by people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study with real-world data indicates. With this therapy, being developed by H-CYTE, a person’s own blood is treated in the lab…

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who engage in activities that put them at risk of being exposed to mold are more likely to experience disease flare-ups, a small U.K. study has found. This may be related to Aspergillus, a type of fungus that grows in damp or…

NuvoAir announced it has raised $12 million in Series A funding, which it will use to expand a digital care platform for people in the U.S. and Europe with serious respiratory disorders like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and to advance work on new products. The company’s NuvoAir Home…

Preventing a specific type of cell death, called necroptosis, may provide a new way of treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to data from a recent study. Patients with COPD have elevated levels of necroptosis, the study revealed. Stopping that type of cell death leads to significant reductions…