Lung Biology

Air Pollution and Quality:

Chromosomal Damage Linked to Ozone Exposure in Two Student Studies, April 2006
NUMMI Acts on Research Recommendations, June 2002
What's in a Smell?, March 2002
Smog-A Long Term Threat to Health?, Fall 1996

Arsenic:

Studies Strongly Link Exposure to Arsenic In Utero and in Childhood to Stillbirth and Adult Disease, July 2006
Arsenic Linked to Cancer of the Bladder, Lungs, Fall 1996

Asbestos:

New Lung Cancer Studies: One Raises Questions; The Other Resolves a Controversy, January 2005
Does Natural Asbestos Increase Cancer Rate?, June 1999
Lung Biologists Learn How Asbestos Injures Cells, October 1997

Asthma:

Better Understanding of Asthma and Other Chronic Diseases from Focusing on Communities, April 2006
Many Cases of Job-Related Asthma Involve Chemical Irritants, Study Finds, September 2001
Ozone, Dust Mite Allergens Can Impair Lungs, Cause Asthma in Monkeys, June 2001
Symposium Spotlights Asthma and the Environment, June 2001
COEH Researchers to Study Impact of Air Pollution on Asthmatic Children, March 2000
Learning More About Asthma , June 1997
Studying Asthma and Air Pollution Abroad, June 1997

Disease:

New Lung Cancer Studies, January 2005
Scientists Find Emphysema Pathway in Mice, June 2003
Study Shows How Cells, Genes React to Inhaled Zinc Oxide, December 2002
Study Supports Need to Prevent Work-Related Obstructive Lung Diseases, March 2002
Health Concerns at Assembly Plant Merit Further Study, December 2001

Dust:

Inhaled Dust Damages Lungs Early, March 2001
Much More Than Mulch, December 1997

Foot and Mouth Disease:

Scientific Serendipity Leads Researchers from Lungs to Foot and Mouth, September 2001

Injury:

Researchers Probe Cellular Reaction to Acute Lung Injury, September 2001

Lung Fibrosis:

Researchers Identify Genes that Cause Lung Fibrosis, December 2000

Ozone:

Ozone, Dust Mite Allergens Can Impair Lungs, Cause Asthma in Monkeys, June 2001
Smog-A Long Term Threat to Health?, Fall 1996