SCIREQ Blog

SCIREQ is proud to support FASEB’s Lung Epithelium in Health and Diseases conference which will take place from July 29th to August 3rd, 2018 in St. Bonaventure, NY. The scientific research [...]

A momentous symposium was held at Stanford university last year to commemorate the 50th anniversary since the original description of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) was first articulated1  by [...]

When working with obese mice, what weight should be used when performing flexiVent measurements? This question is quite an important one for two reasons. First, there is a substantial difference [...]

Although often necessary, mechanical ventilation of small animals during pulmonary measurements can lead to both acute and chronic damage to their lungs, also known as ventilator-induced lung [...]

ATS is just around the corner and we hope to see you in San Diego! We are looking forward to learning more about respiratory research, especially these interesting flexiVent poster sessions: [...]

emka & SCIREQ offer a unique perspective into the preclinical study of heart and lung diseases, allowing for novel insights into cardiopulmonary diseases such as heart failure, arrhythmia, [...]

Oxygen deficiency or hypoxia can contribute to the development or exacerbation of many disorders including strokes or chronic lung diseases. The first defense against hypoxia is the hypoxic [...]

Pulmonary fibrosis describes a condition in which the normal lung anatomy is replaced by a process of active remodeling, deposition of extracellular matrix and dramatic changes in the phenotype [...]

         » This is a free User Group Meeting.          » It is open to everyone interested in respiratory research with the flexiVent. [...]

In clinical medicine, spirometry continues to dominate as the pulmonary function test of choice. This is despite the issues which limit its utility, largely patient compliance and the limited [...]