A systematic review of eight studies finds that genetic variants show inconsistent and largely unreplicated associations with ...

Over 12.5 million Americans live with a lung condition known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to the American Lung Association. While COPD notably occurs in smokers, some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Genetic knockout of PABPC4 led to emphysema in mice. Photo by pocketlight//E+ via Getty Images. At the American Thoracic Society ...

There are lots of treatment options for genetic COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), a type of COPD caused by a deficiency of alpha-1 antitrypsin (alpha-1), a protein that helps protect the ...

Environmental factors like smoking or chemical exposure are usually the culprit in lung disorders like COPD or emphysema. However, some of those cases are actually driven by genetics. We inherit our ...

Bronchiectasis appears to share genetic signals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, and chronic bronchitis, and a cross-ancestry genetic analysis of more than 1.8 million people ...

A team of medical researchers, engineers and computer scientists affiliated with multiple institutions across the U.S. has found that machine learning technology can help doctors predict which ...

Newswise — DALLAS – June 9, 2011 – A gene linked to emphysema also can be a factor for developing lung cancer unrelated to cigarette smoking, UT Southwestern Medical Center research indicates. Smoking ...

"Taken together the interplay of sex-specific gene regulation and its impact on ECM-related genes, influenced by factors such as genetics, epigenetics, environmental exposures, steroid hormones, aging ...

Researchers at the University of Oulu have identified alpha-1 antitrypsin as a potential target for preventing spontaneous preterm birth. In a large genetic study of more than 200,000 mothers, a ...