Jamie Kang

[Biodesix, Inc.] Biodesix, Inc. announced the award of a U.S. Federal Supply Schedule contract which included the Veterans Health Administration providing care for U.S. Veterans and the Military Health System providing care for active-duty service members and their families.

[Aptar Digital Health] Aptar Digital Health, part of Aptar Pharma, announced a strategic partnership with the Chiesi Group, the international research-focused biopharmaceutical and healthcare group, to bring to market a disease management platform for asthma and COPD.

[Environmental Pollution] Investigators studied the effects of atmospheric and diesel particulate matter on respiratory syncytial virus infection in human two-dimensional lung epithelial cells and human three-dimensional lung organoids mimicking the lung tissue.

[Translational Research] Scientists found that NEDD4 Like E3 Ubiquitin Protein Ligase (Nedd4L) levels were significantly suppressed in lung myofibroblasts in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients, experimental pulmonary fibrosis, and TGF-β1-treated lung fibroblasts.

[American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology] Researchers studied the effects of systemic lupus erythematosus and COPA syndrome on diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. They found pristane-induced DAH may be initiated by endothelial injury, resulting in ER stress, apoptosis of lung endothelial cells, and recruitment of myeloid cells that propagate lung injury.

[Scientific Reports] Investigators tested whether differences in endogenous mesenchymal stem cell mitochondrial bioenergetics, proliferation, and survival were associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia risk in extremely low birth weight infants.