An Overreaction to Viral Infections in Smokers Leads to Hope
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 19:56
in Health & Medicine
In California it may be the summer of fires as smoke fills the air, but at Yale researchers pump smoke into the lungs of mice in order to help find an explanation behind reactions in smokers due viral infections. Recent studies by researchers at Yale found that people who smoke have a worse reaction to viral infections not due to a weakened immune system, but because of an overreaction. Read More...
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