Alveoli are tiny, balloon-shaped air sacs located at the end of the bronchioles, the branch-like tubes in the lungs. The alveoli move oxygen and carbon dioxide (CO 2) molecules into and out of your ...

Uneven distribution of exogenous surfactant contributes to a poor clinical response in animal models of respiratory distress syndrome. Alveolar recruitment at the time of surfactant administration may ...

*MOLBREEVI is the FDA and EMA conditionally accepted trade name for molgramostim inhalation solution. It is not approved in any indication. MOLBREEVI is a trademark of Savara Inc. View source version ...

RDS, a frequent complication of prematurity in neonates, is due to a deficiency in surfactant, a lipoprotein complex responsible for decreasing surface tension in alveoli (1). Over the last two ...

New discovery on the causes of PAP lung disease can also offer solutions for treating obesity and heart disease. The research group has identified a genetic defect that causes the accumulation of ...

You have millions of air sacs (alveoli) in your lungs. These air sacs move oxygen into your blood. Alveolar walls contain surfactant. This is a substance made of fats, proteins, and other substances.

A pre-term baby is delicate. One of the reasons why is because they are prone to respiratory distress syndrome, a breathing disorder. The condition is more common in such infants because their lungs ...

Savara Inc. (Nasdaq: SVRA) (the Company), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare respiratory diseases, ...

LANGHORNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Savara Inc. (Nasdaq: SVRA) (the Company), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare respiratory diseases, announced the acceptance of an abstract for ...

It’s not easy to keep up with Maria Novaes Silva as she strides briskly down the corridors of Jan Vermant’s lab at ETH. One minute she’s upstairs – the next, she’s down in the windowless basement, ...

Babies lungs do not function the same way in the womb as they do outside of the womb. Before birth a baby’s lungs are filled with amniotic fluid. They do “practice” breathing towards the end of the ...

E-cigarette, or vaping, associated lung injury (EVALI) has sickened thousands of people, most under the age of 35. Studies have linked vitamin E acetate, an oily substance in some vaping liquids, to ...