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August 3, 2015

Lab on a Chip Acoustofluidic Sputum Liquefaction Device for Safe Asthma and … – AZoNano.com

Lab on a Chip Acoustofluidic Sputum Liquefaction Device for Safe Asthma and …
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Stewart J. Levine, a Senior Investigator and Chief of the Laboratory of Asthma and Lung Inflammation in the Division of Intramural Research at NHLBI, said “This on-chip sputum liquefier is a significant advance regarding our goal of developing a point …
New Lab-on-a-Chip to Better Diagnose Asthma, TuberculosisNDTV
Lab-on-a-chip device to better diagnose asthma, TBEconomic Times

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April 2, 2015

Sputum eosinophils, %* – Medscape

Sputum eosinophils, %*
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Background Monitoring sputum eosinophils in asthma predicts exacerbations and improves management of asthma. Thus far, blood eosinophils and FENO show contradictory results in predicting eosinophilic airway inflammation. More recently, serum …

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January 9, 2015

Asthma patients showed elevated sputum neutrophils when exposed to … – Healio

Asthma patients showed elevated sputum neutrophils when exposed to …
Healio
Sputum neutrophils were elevated in adults diagnosed with severe asthma and exposed to workplace asthmagens, according to a recent study in BMC Pulmonary Medicine. “We found that approximately one-third of adults with poorly controlled asthma had …

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February 8, 2013

Microbial composition of induced sputum altered in mild asthma – News-Medical.net

Microbial composition of induced sputum altered in mild asthma
News-Medical.net
Fernando Martinez (University of Arizona, Tucson) and team also found that patients with mild asthma had significantly greater bacterial diversity in their sputum than nonasthmatic individuals. "Our results suggest that a disordered microbial …

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February 5, 2013

Differences in fungi present in induced sputum samples from asthma patients … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

Differences in fungi present in induced sputum samples from asthma patients …
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
There is emerging evidence for the presence of an extensive microbiota in human lungs. It is not known whether variations in the prevalence of species of microbiota in the lungs may have aetiological significance in respiratory conditions such as asthma.

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April 19, 2012

Bacteria in sputum of stable severe asthma and increased airway wall thickness – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

Bacteria in sputum of stable severe asthma and increased airway wall thickness
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Patients with chronic asthma have thicker intrapulmonary airways measured on high resolution computed tomography (HRCT). We determined whether the presence of lower airway bacteria was associated with increased airway wall thickness.

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August 2, 2010

Can AMP induce sputum eosinophils, even in subjects with complete asthma … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

Can AMP induce sputum eosinophils, even in subjects with complete asthma …
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
The definition of "clinical asthma remission"is based on absence of symptoms and use of medication. However, in the majority of these subjects airway …

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