{"id":325,"date":"2013-05-20T17:46:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T17:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drug-injury-lawyer.com\/?p=325"},"modified":"2013-06-28T05:00:22","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T05:00:22","slug":"magic-bullet-development-could-treat-acute-lung-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drug-injury-lawyer.com\/2013\/05\/20\/magic-bullet-development-could-treat-acute-lung-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Magic Bullet\u2019 Development Could Treat Acute Lung Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/48973657@N00\/8238515586\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/8057\/8238515586_6419c0e580.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>A study conducted through Queen\u2019s University has developed a drug described as a \u2018magic bullet\u2019 to be used in the treatment of lung injury. The drug\u2019s success could potentially become the first treatment of its kind to be used in intensive care cares.<\/p>\n<p>While the news is encouraging, reports also indicate the findings are potentially three years away from becoming clinically evaluated. The findings from University scientists pertain to the discovery of a certain particle able to bind to specific blood cells in relation to lung damage.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018magic bullet\u2019 itself is a new drug referred to as a <i>nanoparticle<\/i>. The smaller structure literally enables patients the ease of inhaling it, sending the drug directly to the source of inflammation in the lungs. Its development is a noteworthy step toward finding a solution for Acute Lung Injury (ALI).<\/p>\n<div class=\"resources\" style=\"padding: 10px; background-color: #484747; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0px;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Of Interest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNE1iXvoypyPp09Phr0k0BBCfWIz9A&amp;url=http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/health-news\/news\/articles\/2013\/06\/27\/7-out-of-10-americans-take-a-prescription-drug-study\">7 out of 10 Americans Take a Prescription Drug: Study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEt1pRsC7OPg8qp0yLWGrBmX5L4NA&amp;url=http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/politics\/2013\/06\/massage-therapists-chiropractors-wrote-drug-prescriptions-they-shouldnt-have-and-medicare-paid\/\">Massage Therapists, Chiropractors Wrote Drug Prescriptions They Shouldn&#8217;t<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>After the patient afflicted with ALI inhales the nanoparticle, the drug latches on to specific cells in the lungs and rapidly reduces the inflammation. As the drug continues its own development, it may similarly be utilized in cases of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Cystic Fibrosis, disorders classified throughout the lungs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study conducted through Queen\u2019s University has developed a drug described as a \u2018magic bullet\u2019 to be used in the treatment of lung injury. The drug\u2019s success could potentially become the first treatment of its kind to be used in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drug-injury-lawyer.com\/2013\/05\/20\/magic-bullet-development-could-treat-acute-lung-injury\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drug-studies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drug-injury-lawyer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drug-injury-lawyer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drug-injury-lawyer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drug-injury-lawyer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drug-injury-lawyer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.drug-injury-lawyer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/www.drug-injury-lawyer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drug-injury-lawyer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drug-injury-lawyer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drug-injury-lawyer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}