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The long-awaited discovery of the source of cells that contribute to pulmonary fibrosis could eventually lead to treatments that put a stop to the relentless disease.
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Advances in bioengineering at Columbia may enable delivery of gene therapies for people with cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases.
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A new study reveals how Staphylococcus aureus bacteria adopt a different diet when colonizing the lungs, suggesting a new treatment strategy for these often dangerous staph infections.
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A study of people with obstructive sleep apnea suggests that high CPAP pressures may explain why the machines do not lower a patient’s risk of heart disease.
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- January 30, 2024
Public health researchers find that asthma is more common among U.S. individuals who reported cannabis use in the previous month, and the more frequent the use, the higher the likelihood of asthma.
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- November 21, 2022
The diminished power of the immune system in older adults is usually blamed on the aging process. A new study shows that decades of inhaled particulates due to air pollution also take a toll.
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- June 28, 2022
Early Columbia pioneers Dorothy Andersen, Paul di Sant’Agnese, and Wynne Sharples led efforts to discover and treat cystic fibrosis, creating a legacy of treatment that continues at CUIMC today.
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- November 15, 2021
Marcos Vidal Melo, an internationally renowned cardiopulmonary scientist and anesthesiologist, has joined Columbia as chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology.
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- October 4, 2021
Columbia pediatric pulmonologist Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD, says this fall could be more dangerous for kids with asthma.
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- July 29, 2021
A transplant team at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons gave a young man with cystic fibrosis new hope with a triple-organ transplant.
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- July 7, 2021
Columbia researchers have developed a way to gently collect stem cells from the airways of infants in the hope of finding new ways to prevent respiratory diseases common in premature babies.
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- October 19, 2020
New data from Columbia and other ECMO centers throughout the world show that more than 60% of severe COVID-19 patients who receive ECMO, a heart-lung life support machine, survive.
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- June 20, 2020
A new study reveals how P. aeruginosa bacteria—which cause many deaths worldwide from pneumonia—commandeer our immune defenses to thrive inside the lungs.
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- June 9, 2020
A mismatch between airway and lung size may explain why some nonsmokers get COPD and some heavy smokers do not, according to a new study from Columbia University.
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