Gene Research Banned Inhalers Change Asthma COPD Treatment Options
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ContributorNetwork - U.S. Researchers are using genetics to explain why some asthma sufferers do not respond well to steroid inhalers, the most common form of asthma treatment. Over-the-counter inhalers that use CFCs have also been banned. Here are some facts about asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and their treatment.
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In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the patients' lungs lose their ability to repair damages on their own. Scientists now have a new idea as to why this might be so.They blame the molecule Wnt5a for this problem. Ref. Source 3x.
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