Carla M. P. Ribeiro, PhD, and Martina Gentzsch, PhD, served as Guest Editors for the upcoming 2022 Respiratory Issue of Current Opinion in Pharmacology. The issue focuses on cystic fibrosis, and several CF Center/Marsico Lung Institute colleagues contributed to the collection of CF-related articles. For a limited time, the Editorial Overview by Drs. Ribeiro and … Read more

Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics and microbiology & immunology at the UNC School of Medicine talks with NeurologyLive and Siegel Rare Neuroimmune Association (SNRA) about acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), poliomyelitis, and the need to improve awareness as peak infection months draw near. Read the full story and find links to the podcast … Read more

David Peden, MD, was consulted for a Spectrum News 1 story about how the Inflation Reduction Act may help people suffering from asthma. The full story, “UNC doctor believes Inflation Reduction Act will help asthmatics,” can be read here.

Richard C. Boucher, MD, was consulted for a WebMD article about long COVID. In the article, “Other Viruses Offer Hints Toward the Mystery of Long COVID,” Dr. Boucher discusses work being done by Marsico Lung Institute researchers to investigate how COVID attacks lung cells in mice, as well as the after-effects of the COVID infection. … Read more

  David B. Hill, PhD, Brian Button, PhD, Michael Rubinstein, PhD, and Richard C. Boucher, MD, have co-authored a comprehensive cover-story review, “Physiology and Pathophysiology of Human Airway Mucus,” which sets a reference standard for the field on this topic. The review has been published in Physiological Reviews.

Led by Martina Kovarova, PhD, Miriam Braunstein, PhD, and J. Victor Garcia, PhD, UNC School of Medicine researchers showed in vivo efficacy of a long-acting injectable formulation of the anti-TB drug rifabutin. Read the full story here.

UNC School of Medicine researchers Meghan E. Rebuli, PhD, and Ilona Jaspers, PhD, are co-authors on a paper published Tuesday, Aug. 2, in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, titled “Smoking and e-cigarette use: key variables in testing IgA-oriented intranasal vaccines.” Read the paper here.

The UNC School of Medicine is participating in $31-million asthma study. The UNC site lead investigators are Michelle Hernandez, MD, professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics, and Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH, professor and vice chair of research in the UNC Department of Family Medicine. Read the full story here.

The American Society for Microbiology selected Miriam Braunstein, PhD, in the UNC Department of Microbiology & Immunology, as a distinguished lecturer for a two-year term. Read the full story here.

With the FDA ordering Juul to stop selling their e-cigarette devices, UNC School of Medicine researchers, led by Ilona Jaspers, PhD, published the first study to compare the respiratory immune health effects of different types of devices. Read the full story here, and a related article from WRAL TechWire here.