Sentences with phrase «sticky mucus»

CF is a lethal disease involving the build - up of sticky mucus in the lungs.

One of the symptoms of CF is a build - up of sticky mucus in the lungs, which is caused by the faulty gene.

Although the study's approach wasn't a sure bet, the researchers hoped to go further than any other gene therapy trial yet for this relatively common inherited disease that fills people's lungs with sticky mucus that promotes deadly infections.

When the frog moves its limbs forward, the mucus and any accumulated gunk slip through the channels and stay behind while new sticky mucus is secreted in its place.

Both parents carried Cystic Fibrosis, a genetic condition where the body produces abnormally sticky mucus that can cause severe respiratory disease.

During an asthma attack, the airways become inflamed and narrow, muscles tighten, and sticky mucus known as phlegm is produced.

I mentioned this on MDA's website too, but for the past two years I have suffered badly with sinus problems, dry irritated eyes and throat (constant sticky mucus at back of throat) and also, don't know if connected, but have had both cervical and nasal polyps (apparently polyps only found on mucus membranes).

It is a landmark moment: 22 years after the cystic fibrosis gene was discovered, some patients are about to receive a drug called Kalydeco to treat the defect that causes their lungs to clog up with sticky mucus.

cystic fibrosis A life - threatening disease that causes a buildup of sticky mucus in the lungs, digestive tract and other regions of the body.

In a statement, the research team explained, «This species spends life on the seafloor, activating a sticky mucus jacket and burrowing into the sediment to camouflage, leaving their eyes poking out to spot prey like shrimp and small fish.»

Introducing oogiebear — a safe, effective, doctor (and mom) tested tool to easily remove dry and sticky mucus (okay, we'll say it — boogers!)

More gentle on the skin than tissues, Boogie Wipes clean up sticky mucus and moisturize little noses using a gentle saline (salt & water) solution as well as aloe, chamomile, and vitamin E.

Because the mutant gene does not work well, the lungs develop a thick, sticky mucus that leads to breathing difficulties and lung infections, among other symptoms.

Around one in 2,500 children in the UK is born with cystic fibrosis, a hereditary condition that causes the lungs to become clogged up with thick, sticky mucus.

A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life - threatening lung infections and obstructs the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down and absorb food.

The gene's protein product causes unusually thick, sticky mucus.

A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life - threatening lung infections, obstructs the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down and absorb food.

A glass microscope slide was strategically placed in front of the prey so that the chameleon's tongue would scrape the slide, leaving behind a trail of sticky mucus.

This sticky mucus thickens with milk and can drip down the throat adding to greater agitation making it hard to swallow.