Viruses are the fastest-evolving biological entity on Earth. This fact explains why we need flu shots every year: Seasonal ...
Savara Inc. (Nasdaq: SVRA) (the Company), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare respiratory diseases, reported financial results for the third ...
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 ...
In a healthy lung, excess surfactant is cleared and digested by immune cells called alveolar macrophages. Alveolar macrophages need to be stimulated by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating ...
Hence, disturbances in endocytosis and trafficking across and within alveolar epithelial and endothelial cells are important drivers of alveolar-capillary barrier dysfunction during respiratory ...