Pulmonology Archives

NC State and UNC School of Medicine researchers, co-led by Tom Egan, MD, developed a technique to provide non-invasive assessments of lung conditions.

The trade magazine Pulmonology Consultant asked Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, four important questions about mucin abnormalities in early COPD.

When the need arose for a COVID-19 testing site at the Medical Center in Chapel Hill, a team began to assemble – a team that became a family filled with health care workers who stepped up during an unprecedented challenge and fulfilled essential roles they never thought they would experience.

M. Patricia Rivera, MD, ATSF, professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine in the UNC Department of Medicine, has received a four-year, $1.5 million NIH R01 grant to study “Comorbidity and Functional Status in a Population Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening” with Louise Henderson, PhD, in the UNC Department of Radiology.

Adam Belanger, MD, and fellow interventional pulmonologists, are now offering bronchoscopic long-term reduction for qualifying patients as an alternative to traditional lung volume reduction surgery.

UNC Children’s is nationally ranked in seven subspecialties, with two in the top 20. UNC Children’s is ranked 16th in the nation for diabetes and endocrinology, and is also ranked 16th for pulmonology.

The New England Journal of Medicine published an article by Richard Boucher, MD, that redefines four lung diseases into a broad grouping called ‘Muco-Obstructive Lung Diseases.’

Publishing their work in Nature, UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Li Qian, PhD, show how their new research platform helped them discover new cell subpopulations and crucial cellular players in the process of turning damaged heart tissue back into healthy heart muscle. The research platform could be used to study other biological processes and create tailored therapies.

These lung spheroid cells showed powerful regenerative properties when applied to a mouse model of lung fibrosis. (Cheng Lab)

Through a joint UNC School of Medicine-NC State research project shows how to harvest lung stem cells non-invasively and then multiply healthy cells – a potential powerful therapy against inflammatory lung conditions.

Category: Pulmonology

Ultrasound Technique Offers More Precise, Quantified Assessments of Lung Health

Kesimer Featured as COPD Science Expert

Family on the Frontline: The Healthcare Workers behind the UNC-Chapel Hill Respiratory Diagnostic Center

Rivera Receives $1.5 Million Grant For Lung Cancer Screening Study

New Procedure Being Offered for COPD Patients with Emphysema Variant

UNC Children’s Named to U.S. News’ “Best Children’s Hospitals” for 11th Straight Year

Boucher Authors NEJM Review Article on ‘Muco-Obstructive Lung Disease’

How to Turn Damaged Heart Tissue Back into Healthy Heart Muscle: New Details Emerge

Scientists create stem cell therapy for lung fibrosis conditions