METHODS Induced sputum samples from 57 patients with moderate to severe COPD were analysed (44 samples were taken during a stable period and 37 during an exacerbation). The patients recorded daily ...

Sputum is an easily obtainable sample and has provided a wealth of information on COPD pathobiology, and thus has been a preferred sample type for microbiome studies. Although the sputum microbiome ...

A frothy breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore National ... observing chemical reactions in real-time, imaging biological samples with high detail, and analyzing complex molecules.

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall ...

Why Trust Us? Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023 ...

Tye Blue's "frothy" production "has a fantastically brash, devil-may-care spirit and sparkling performances", said Arifa Akbar in The Guardian. However, the central joke does start to feel ...

Most of the time, you go to the loo and everything is as normal. Then, out of the blue, it suddenly looks frothy, foamy or bubbly. Is this cause for alarm? The answer: it depends. 'After you ...

Background: The urine Determine LAM test has the potential to identify tuberculosis (TB) and reduce early mortality among people living with HIV. However, implementation of the test in practice has ...