PULMONARY alveolar microlithiasis is a rare and extraordinary disease in which microscopic stones are found within the pulmonary alveoli. The lungs, which are heavy and stony hard, cut with the ...

Climate change can worsen the symptoms of pneumonia, warns a doctor, adding that increased levels of suspended particulate ...

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP ... The condition causes substances such as fats and proteins to accumulate in the alveoli, the ‘air sacs’ of the lung, where oxygen and carbon dioxide ...

As a result, an excess of surfactant accumulates in the alveoli, causing impaired gas ... in Phase 3 development for autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (aPAP). Molgramostim is delivered ...

Sections through the three-dimensional reconstruction volume (upper left, grey) around a pulmonary alveolus with hyaline membrane (lower left, yellow). On the right, the images are superimposed.

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is caused by a buildup in the lungs’ alveoli of a substance called surfactant that’s made up of proteins and lipids. The buildup can block air from moving ...

extending into the alveoli as BOOP. For CB obliterans, the chest radiograph is often normal, there are early inspiratory crackles and there is irreversible airflow obstruction by pulmonary ...

Alveolus’ program is exploring that versatility by studying the candidate in COPD, BPD, pulmonary fibrosis, and injury secondary to viral illness. The company also has a small-molecule treatment ...

Healthcare professionals and autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (aPAP ... by the abnormal build-up of surfactant in the alveoli (or air sacs) of the lungs. Surfactant consists of proteins ...