Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare respiratory disease that affects somewhere between 4 and 40 people per million worldwide. The condition causes substances such as fats and proteins ...

Once transplanted, the lung alveolar tissue and blood vessels carried on developing for up to two months. Not only was the lung not rejected, but it even developed an important population of bacteria.

Hb) represents values corrected for hemoglobin. TLCO is mildly reduced although within normal limits when corrected for alveolar volume. Other lung volumes are normal. FER: Forced expiratory ratio ...

If approved, Molbreevi could be the first FDA-approved treatment for patients with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, ...