Got asthma? A SPLUNC1 inhaler might one day come to your rescue

In general, hyper-responsiveness doesn't seem like a bad trait; it's certainly something you'd like from your cell phone company. But in the lungs, hyper-responsiveness is a major hallmark of asthma, a condition wherein the airways inflame and restrict breathing. Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine believe they may have found a protein that can combat this extreme reaction of the lungs, which could one day wind up in an inhaler to help asthmatics regain normal respiratory function in the face of an attack... Continue Reading Got asthma? A SPLUNC1 inhaler might one day come to your rescue

Category: Biology

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• University of North Carolina
• Asthma

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