Nature

An implantable soft robotic ventilator augments inspiration in a pig model of respiratory insufficiency

Severe diaphragm dysfunction can lead to respiratory failure and to the need for permanent mechanical ventilation. Yet permanent tethering to a mechanical ventilator through the mouth or via ...
Nature

Airborne respiratory aerosol transport and deposition in a two-person office using a novel diffusion-based numerical model

The COVID-19 pandemic was caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronaviruses transmitted mainly through exposure to airborne respiratory droplets and aerosols carrying the virus. An increase in the hourly air ...
Medical Xpress

Recreating the respiratory tract in a dish: Modeling viral infections and testing treatments

A study by former Junior Associate Professor Kazuo Takayama, currently a professor of the Institute of Science Tokyo, demonstrates the potential of human iPS cell-derived respiratory organoids as an ...
Business Wire

Results from the VirTus Respiratory Research Ltd Human Rhinovirus Challenge Model Used to Advance Altesa BioSciences’ Lead Medicine into Advanced Clinical Trials

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VirTus Respiratory Research Ltd, a leading respiratory-focused contract research organisation (CRO), today announced that results from their human rhinovirus challenge model ...