Emphysema
Understanding Emphysema
The study involved two groups of work, one stay at the Faculty of Sciences UNAM, and another in the INER, headed by Dr. Moisés Selman. The work involved the development of an experimental animal model (guinea pigs in this case, they are rodents like hamsters) was achieved in simulating the human disease, so it was possible to study the development of aggression smoke cigarette in the tissues, the body’s response of rodents and so “trying to understand what causes to find, eventually, molecules that can be exploited by the pharmaceutical industry to design drugs that target this disease.”
It is known by the medical community that when a smoker makes toxins enter your lungs begins defense system by the body, which secretes a type of substances (enzymes) in order to provide protection, but when these same mechanisms are required too much end up being self-destructive. Read the rest of this entry »
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Emphysema: Irreversible Damage
Emphysema is a condition in which the structures of the lungs suffer irreversible damage, resulting in inability to breathe and shortness of breath. Discover the nature of this disease and new prospects for drugs for treatment.
This condition is not present in the overnight, but gradually, and in most cases is the result of long experience as a smoker, cigarette smoke causes the destruction of air sacs (alveoli) or small “pockets” in which the oxygen we inhale is exchanged for carbon dioxide as waste carries blood cell activity, and then exhale. Read the rest of this entry »