[neverdem]

Spontaneous pneumothorax and alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.

Spontaneous pneumothorax means a lung collapses for no apparent reason, maybe a cough. It's time for a chest tube under suction to re-expand the lung.

[neverdem]

stem cell ping - gene therapy to boot!

Targeted gene correction of α1-antitrypsin deficiency in induced pluripotent stem cells

[Razzz42]

Man gets world\'s first synthetic trachea The artificial organ is lined with patient\'s own stem cells to lower rejection risk Drink up, soon they will grow you a new replacement liver, kidney, etc., using your own stem cells.

[HiTech RedNeck]

You mean they can’t find either lung perforation or something generating gas in the thorax? It would seem impossible.

[diogenes ghost]

NDA spelling error?

Who knew it could even spell...I thought it did neat spiral paintings.

[nurseDani]

When I worked in pulmonary we had a patient with spontaneous pneumothorax as he was watching TV. Turns out it was a1. Antitrypsin Def. Good article. I will have to forward to some pulmonologists.

[G Larry]

Thought it said...

“Spell-Checked Stem Cells Show Promise Against Driver License”

i’m going to bed.....

[1010RD]

Are these adult stem cells? Has anything promising or successful come out of embryonic stem cells?