Background Air pollution constitutes the major threat to human health, whereas their
adverse impacts and underlying mechanisms of different particular matters are not clearly …

Nanotechnology is a most promising field for generating new applications in medicine.
However, only few nanoproducts are currently in use for medical purposes. A most …

Background Population-based studies have estimated health risks of short-term exposure to
fine particles using mass of PM2. 5 (particulate matter≤ 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter) as …

Nanotechnologies, defined as techniques aimed to conceive, characterize and produce
material at the nanometer scale, represent a fully expanding domain, and one can predict …

The increase of the industrialization process brought the growth of pollutant emissions into
the atmosphere. At the same time, the demand for advances in aerosol filtration is evolving …

Airborne fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) attracts more and more attention due to its
environmental effects. The immune system appears to be a most sensitive target organ for …

Exposure to nanoparticles may pose a risk to health and this hypothesis is currently being
investigated by toxicologists. Although the mechanism of nanoparticle toxicity has been …

Microparticles containing large payloads of two anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs were prepared
and evaluated for suitability as a dry powder inhalation targeting alveolar macrophages. A …

Background: While exposure to ambient fine particles< 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM
2.5) has well-established health effects, there is limited quantitative evidence that links …

▪ Abstract Patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome who die usually succumb
to multiorgan failure as opposed to hypoxia. Despite appropriate resuscitation, some …