Sentences with phrase «injured lung tissue»

Now scientists have discovered an elegantly simple mechanism that helps quickly repair injured lung tissue, preventing infection.

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But in earlier work Drs. Summer and Romero have shown that when lung tissue is injured — by things like viral infection, particulate inhalation, or other insults — lung cells eventually stop producing lipids in order to conserve energy for other cellular repairs.

When a living heartworm and the inflammation it causes blocks one of these pulmonary arteries, the lung tissue downstream from the blockage is injured and the cat's ability to breath is affected.

The lungworm injures the airways or lung tissue by inciting an inflammatory reaction.