Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia (ACD) is a rare, often lethal, congenital lung developmental disorder marked by an abnormality in the alignment of pulmonary veins and deficient capillary development.

All diseases exist on a continuum, and the damage often begins early—sometimes as soon as a child is weaned off breast milk ...

UCLA researchers have successfully grown miniature lungs from stem cells—complete with their own functioning blood vessel ...

Advanced lab-grown tissues help show how special lung cells develop, shedding light on rare ACDMPV disease and suggesting ...

Both may be dismissed since alveolar-capillary block sufficient to cause the observed carbon dioxide retention is incompatible with sufficient oxygen exchange to maintain life, and there is no ...

A basic review of the anatomy, physiology and personal protective equipment related to the respiratory system.

His son Joseph, known as Joey, died of Alveolar capillary dysplasia — a rare, congenital lung disorder that primarily affects new-borns, at just 27 days old.

Repeated pulmonary collapse and changes suggestive of a severe alveolar-capillary diffusion defect were observed over a period of 20 days in a patient who was receiving artificial ventilation because ...

Results: Intravenous salbutamol reduced measures of alveolar–capillary permeability in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In vitro, salbutamol stimulated both wound repair, and ...

In ACD, histological findings include reduction in alveolar capillaries, thickening of alveolar septal tissue, and lack of sufficient endothelial-epithelial contact. A few familial cases suggest a ...