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Long-term health risks of tobacco consumption include coronary artery disease, stroke, cancer of the lungs and almost all ...

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Premature infants are at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or BPD, a type of lung injury associated with increased mortality.

Premature infants are at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or BPD, a type of lung injury associated with increased ...

In the respiratory tract, motile cilia line the epithelial surface and beat in a coordinated fashion to clear mucus from the airways. Mucociliary dysfunction is implicated in a number of lung diseases ...

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RESEARCHERS have developed sensory artificial cilia to monitor airway conditions ... patients with airway stents used to manage central airway obstructions caused by lung cancer and other diseases.

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and lung cancer. The paper, titled "Sensory Artificial Cilia for In Situ Monitoring of Airway Physiological Properties," is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.