Taking a pill can effectively treat brutal lung disease

Tuesday, August 7, 2018 - 13:00 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have figured out why air sacs in the lungs clog up with a thick substance called surfactant in a brutal disease called Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP), and they show taking cholesterol-busting pills called statins can effectively treat the disease.

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