AMSTERDAM and TUSTIN, Calif., Sept.

Women who suffer from asthma or poor lung function as adults generally started their periods at the age of 10 or before.

Smokers with interstitial lung abnormalities on high-resolution CT show both reduced total lung capacity and a lesser amount of emphysema, compared with those who didn’t have interstitial lung abnormalities.

Switzerland-based Kuros Biosurgery has granted US-based Aeris Therapeutics an exclusive license in the field of lung volume reduction to certain patent rights Kuros exclusively licensed from the American Red Cross that cover the delivery of certain drugs in a fibrin sealant.

Kuros Biosurgery AG and Aeris Therapeutics, Inc., both privately held biotech companies, announced today that Kuros has granted Aeris an exclusive license in the field of lung volume reduction to certain patent rights Kuros exclusively licensed from the American Red Cross that cover the delivery of certain drugs in a fibrin sealant.