No link between genetic ancestry, asthma response in African-Americans, study finds

Monday, September 27, 2010 - 17:28 in Health & Medicine

Genetic ancestry has no discernible influence on how African American patients with asthma respond to medication, according to a new study. Researchers found that improved lung function in patients after taking inhaled steroids was related to a series of baseline breathing function measures, not genetic ancestry.

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