BIOENGINEER

Respiratory Illness and Costs Linger for Years in Preterm Babies After NICU Discharge

A large US cohort study finds that preterm infants with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome face persistent respiratory ...
BIOENGINEER

Airway Proteins in First Week of Life Predict Severity of Preterm Lung Disease

Researchers found that distinct patterns of pro-inflammatory cytokines and matricellular proteins in the airways of preterm ...
Medscape

Early Nasal Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation Outperforms Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Premature Infant Lung Care

Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) reduced the risk of requiring invasive ventilation and developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia by nearly half compared with nasal continuous ...
Technical

Helping the smallest lungs breathe is the mission of this Philly-area biotech

In August 1963, President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy lost their premature son to a newborn lung disease that doctors at the time had little ability to treat. The tragedy helped ...