$2M NIH Grant to Address Pseudomonas-Linked Lung Infections
Funds from NIH will advance ALX1 as a potential treatment in cystic fibrosis and other chronic lung diseases.
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$2M NIH Grant to Address Pseudomonas-Linked Lung Infections
Funds from NIH will advance ALX1 as a potential treatment in cystic fibrosis and other chronic lung diseases.
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FDA Clears Simeox 200 Airway Clearance Device
The device is intended to promote and improve bronchial drainage by using high-frequency oscillatory vibrations and intermittent negative pressure.
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Metered Cryospray Therapy Linked to Airway Remodeling in Chronic Bronchitis
Data shows that metered cryospray therapy with the investigational RejuvenAir System leads to airway remodeling and improved symptoms in chronic bronchitis patients.
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‘Snot Bots’ Break Through Mucus Barriers for More Effective Drug Delivery
Researchers have developed enzyme-powered nanobots capable of navigating through mucus barriers—which typically keep out locally administered drug treatments.
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Products 2024: Secretion Clearance & Suction
A closer look at suction and secretion clearance devices from ABM Respiratory, Neotech, Precision Medical, Seoil Pacific, and Tactile Medical.
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Electromed Expands SmartVest Access to Veterans, Federal Employees, and Native American Communities
Electromed Inc has entered into a distribution agreement with Marathon Medical Corp, a medical supply distribution company and service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB).
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Lab-Made Phlegm Paves Way for Better Understanding of Cystic Fibrosis
Scientists have engineered a living material resembling human phlegm, which will help them to better understand how a certain kind of infection develops on the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis.
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Synthetic Molecules ‘Unclog’ Mucus in Cystic Fibrosis Lungs
Synthetic molecules allowed previously-blocked chloride ions to create 50% more mucus-clearing liquid in cystic fibrosis cells.
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Mercury Medical to Exclusively Distribute ABM Respiratory’s Airway Clearance Devices
Mercury Medical will be the exclusive US distributor for ABM Respiratory Care’s airway clearance therapy devices, the BiWaze Cough and BiWaze Clear.
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Idrevloride in Hypertonic Saline Boosts Lung Function in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Patients
A new study finds that idrevloride in hypertonic saline is safe and associated with a significant improvement in lung function in individuals with primary ciliary dyskinesia when compared to hypertonic saline alone.
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Products 2023: Airway Clearance Therapy
A closer look at suction and secretion clearance devices from Neotech, Philips/Respirtech, Seoil Pacific, and Tactile Medical.
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Triple Combination Therapy Effective Long-term for Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Combination therapy involving three drugs—elexacaftor, tezacaftor, and ivacaftor—can achieve positive, lasting effects in patients with cystic fibrosis, according to new research evaluating the therapy over 12 months.
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Targeting Mucus Plugs Could Help Prevent COPD Deaths
Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers conducted a study linking mucus plugs to higher mortality.
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Airway Clearance Therapy for Bronchiectasis
Bronchiectasis is linked to several underlying causative agents and involves permanent airway damage, dilated bronchi, retained secretions, chronic infection, and persistent inflammation. But respiratory therapists have several airway clearance therapy options to treat the disease.
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Airway Occlusion Found in Autopsied COVID-19 Lungs
Autopsied lungs of COVID-19 victims had “widespread” airway occlusion due to mucus accumulation, specifically MUC5B mucins.
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Airway Protein May Be Key to Body’s Mucociliary Clearance
MUC5AC, an airway protein, plays an important (and overlooked) role in the body’s mucociliary clearance system, according to research published in Science Advances.
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Vaping Nicotine Impairs Airway Clearance
Vaping with nicotine impairs ciliary beat frequency, dehydrates airway fluid and makes mucus more viscous or sticky, new research has found.
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Sorting Through All the Airway Clearance Therapies
Suction? PEP? Percussion? Oscillation? Cough assist? With an array of airway clearance therapy options available for respiratory therapists, how do RTs choose the right method for the job?
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‘Problem’ Protein in Mucus Identified, May Lead to Targeted Therapies
A specific mucin in the airways called MUC5AC could become a target of better therapeutics to untangle the super thick and sticky mucus that plagues COPD and cystic fibrosis patients.
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Researchers Investigate Whether Respiratory Cells Can be ‘Trained’ to Help Control Allergic Asthma
New research looks at the disfunction of mucus response in respiratory epithelial cells in people with asthma.
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The Role of Staphylococcus Aureus In Cystic Fibrosis Lung Infections
Staphylococcus aureus can cause lung infections and is often present in the mucus and sputum of children with cystic fibrosis.
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The Properties of Cystic Fibrosis Mucus
University of Pittsburgh researchers hope that new insights into the role of mucus in cystic fibrosis (CF) can lead to better CF treatments.
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Scientists Build Computer Model to Understand the Genetics of Cystic Fibrosis
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and other across the country are working on a computer model to understand which genes cause cystic fibrosis and other diseases.
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Secretion Clearance in ALS and Other Neuromuscular-Neurodegenerative Diseases
Patients with respiratory muscle weakness as a result of neuromuscular-neurodegenerative diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) or spinal cord injuries may require secretion clearance therapy to clear mucus and prevent lung infections.
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