Post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis, which involves scarring of the lungs that can worsen over time and may require a lung transplant, affects some patients after infection, according to pulmonologists.

The result was a normal gene that functioned ... The result is often emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in unprotected lungs. Image Base editing, which corrects misspellings ...

The field of gene editing recently got a major boost from Massachusetts-based Beam Therapeutics, and the company’s Durham ...

“Healthy patients with otherwise normal lungs oftentimes do not notice any ... “For those with conditions like COPD or emphysema, survival depends on the extent of lung damage and how well ...

Tests on mice have found that damaged lungs have been repaired to normal by the compound ... it could have similar success if used on humans. Emphysema is one of the most common respiratory ...

Beam Therapeutics reported promising Phase 1/2 data for BEAM-302, demonstrating durable gene correction for AATD. See why I ...

Korro Bio's OPERA platform offers precise RNA editing for genetic diseases like Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Learn more on ...

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic respiratory (lung) ...

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He was one of the few ICU patients whose face I saw in early 2021, when COVID raged through Los Angeles. As a palliative-care ...