Key Component Of Debilitating Lung Disease Identified

Monday, September 15, 2008 - 10:58 in Health & Medicine

Antioxidant defense system could be new target for potential therapies for COPD. For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a close correlation between the decline in a key component of the lung's antioxidant defense system and the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in humans.

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