Respiratory Gateway

While pediatricians claim they prescribe antibiotics due to uncertainty about diagnosis, they rarely use supporting diagnostic tests and can be influenced by parents expectations of antibiotic prescription, which highlights a risk for antibiotic overuse.

Novel cell culture protocol mimicking lung physiological conditions promotes human embryonic stem cells to differentiate into major lung epithelium cell lineages.

One in four Mexicans aged 65-69 and nearly half those over 85 are so frail, as measured by a new index created from self-reported deficits, that they have an increased risk of dying in the next two years.

A computer algorithm which inputs clinical parameters provided by ambulance staff can assess a patient's life threat risk at the moment of the emergency call with moderate accuracy and may help improve emergency responses.

Oral administration of geranylgeranylacetone, an anti-ulcer drug that induces heat shock protein 70, exerts a protective effect against lung injury in a drug-induced lung fibrosis mouse model by suppressing the fibrotic reaction.

Professor Chris McManus
University College London, UK