Exosomal microRNA predicts and protects against severe lung disease in extremely premature infants
Extremely low birth-weight babies are at risk for a chronic lung disease called bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or BPD. This condition can lead to death or long-term disease, but clinical measurements are unable to predict which of the tiny infants—who get care in hospital intensive-care units and often weigh just one and a half pounds—will develop BPD. […]