Respiratory system

Lung cancer. Illustration: depositphotos.com

A new blood test for the early detection of tissue damage caused by cancer treatments

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A method developed at the Hebrew University allows early detection of lung damage among cancer patients receiving antibody-based treatments, using a simple non-invasive blood test
Histological section of the nasal cavity and turbinates of a mouse that received a nasal vaccine

The immune cells discovered under the nose

The scientists of the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered antibody-producing cells in the bone tissue of the nasal concha and thereby plant hope for the development of more effective nasal vaccines and new treatments for allergies and neurological and autoimmune diseases
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Want to extend life? Don't snore

50-year-old women who snore are at increased risk of having sleep apnea
Prof. Bat Sheva Kerem, photo: Douglas Guthrie, Hebrew University.

A new drug for the treatment of cystic fibrosis patients

The corona virus harms health. Illustration: Image by Hatice EROL from Pixabay

Carriers of the PiZ and PiS mutations - at high risk of severe morbidity and mortality from corona

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In a conversation with the Hiden site, Prof. David Gurevich, co-author of the article, explains that the gene in question causes serious lung diseases in the homozygous state, but few studies have been conducted in the heterozygous state. The researchers suggest conducting a survey
trachea and lungs. Illustration: shutterstock

Vaccinations against respiratory tract infections reduce death rates from heart failure

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Vaccinations against influenza and pneumonia are associated with low mortality rates of patients hospitalized for heart failure. This is the result of a study in which almost three million Americans participated and was revealed at the ESC
The action of the drug fenofibrate against the corona virus. Photo: Prof. Kobi Nachmias

Researchers from the Hebrew University and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York cracked the replication mechanism of the corona virus and found an existing drug that attacks it

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A CT scan showing the inflammatory lesions in the lungs. Mluisamtz11/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

The corona virus: even when there are no symptoms, damage to the lungs is caused

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Solutions for the Corona epidemic. Illustration: Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pixabay

Pluristem announced the activation of patient recruitment sites for the FDA's phase II trial in the respiratory obstruction caused by the corona

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XNUMXD visualization of corona virus. Illustration: from Jumpstory

New technology for locating corona patients and warning of critical breathing problems - a development by researchers at the Technion and Rambam

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The lung model on which the experiments were performed by Prof. Joshua Schnittman and Dr. Jan Ostrovsky. Photo: Technion spokespeople

A technology developed at the Technion is expected to significantly improve the effectiveness of existing drugs in the treatment of lung diseases

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Simulation of the impact of the corona virus on the lungs. Photo: Surgical Theater

Virtual reality technology developed by Air Force veterans helps in the fight against Corona at a hospital in Washington

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Professor David Katushevsky. Photo: Ben Gurion University

Researchers from Ben-Gurion University and Cincinnati Children's Hospital present a technology for opening the airways

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There are many causes of difficulty breathing, but doctors now understand them better. In the photo - a US Air Force doctor treats a man suffering from shortness of breath, South Korea. Photo: US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gustavo Gonzalez.

The confusing causes of shortness of breath

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Thorax significantly shortens the initial and decisive treatment time for gunshot and stab wounds in the chest (credit: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

A life-saving device for chest casualties

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The facility of the LIKE A FISH company.

breathe like a fish

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Prof. Joshua Schnittman. Photo: Technion spokesman

An artificial lung model developed at the Technion will assist in the study of the trajectories of respirable particles in the lungs

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The structure of the nose. Illustration: shutterstock

even though

The olfactory cells in the nose at the ends of which are CILLIA hairs. Image shutterstock

Smart windows inspired by nose hairs

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Lung-on-a-chip mimics the microstructures of tissues with multiple airways. In this image, colorants flow in three different vertical paths separated from each other by transparent membranes (shown by the dashed rectangle). [Courtesy: RTI International]

Lung-on-a-chip

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Asthma attack (short). Photo: shutterstock

A new cleaning method that reduces short attacks

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X-ray of a patient with pneumonia. Photo: shutterstock

The "Breaking Bad" bacterium / Robin Brown

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cough. Photo: shutterstock

Health sciences - whooping cough as a metaphor / Marin McKenna

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A girl takes asthma medicine in an inhaler. Photo: shutterstock

Research at Tel Aviv University reveals a new mechanism that activates cells responsible for chronic inflammatory diseases such as allergies and asthma

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Technology from the field of computational geometry developed at the Technion enables the production of unique inhalation masks for babies

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A carp whose gills are open all the time, due to a genetic defect. Photo: from Wikipedia

How do you remove air from water?

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A girl with CF is assisted by respiratory systems. From Wikipedia

Foam restores breath / Kathryn Harmon

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An illustration of what happens when an allergen hits a tissue. From Wikipedia

A new substance for allergy prevention

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The procedure for testing the sample and running the exam paper. Take a 10 mm piece of the collection paper. The metal particles are acid-dissolved in the microwave for 45 seconds. The paper is then neutralized with a basic substance and placed on top of the test paper. Adding water to the test paper causes the ionized metals to move to the detection points on the paper, where they are attached From the beginning of the desired reactants for identification using a color change Photo: American Chemical Society

An innovative device warns of high levels of metals in the air

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A girl with CF is assisted by respiratory systems. From Wikipedia

Fresh Air to Breathe / Stephen M. Rowe, J. P. Clancy and Eric G. Sorcher

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Smoking utensils are served at an Aztec feast. From the Florentine codex, late 16th century

Brainwashing - what is between a cigarette, appetite and body weight? / Yitzhak Farnes

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Robert Koch

The enemy within: bacteria revisited

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Structures consisting of carbon nanoparticles

Carbon black nanoparticles can cause medical damage

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Dr. Richard Adegbola from the Bill Gates Foundation. Photo: Conference Group

Bill Gates wants to vaccinate the world

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Respiro - artificial blood cells

How to breathe underwater: the first synthetic red blood cells

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Can physics teachers really be boring to death?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A high level of carbon dioxide can damage the muscles of lung patients

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

There are solutions for the rare disease - pulmonary hypertension

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Breathing Association will set up awareness and early diagnosis stations for COPD

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Research at the Technion: sleep apnea is not a risk factor for mortality among the elderly

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