New technique reduces tobacco smoke damage to lungs in mice

Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 08:14 in Health & Medicine

Researchers in Australia have demonstrated that blocking a certain protein can reduce or prevent cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation in mice. Inflammation underlies the disease process of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and many other smoking-related ailments.

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