Treatment study seeks African-Americans with asthma – Washington University Record


Washington University Record

Treatment study seeks African-Americans with asthma
Washington University Record
Doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are seeking African-Americans with asthma to participate in a new study evaluating treatment for this common breathing disorder. The study is the first to focus exclusively on African

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Improved Asthma Treatment For African-Americans: NIH Trial To Explore … – Medical Daily


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Improved Asthma Treatment For African-Americans: NIH Trial To Explore
Medical Daily
Today the National Institutes of Health released a proposed study seeking to improve asthma in a population suffering from it the most: African-Americans. They said that the trial will explore different drugs and genetic factors for treating the
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NIH study seeks to improve asthma therapy for African-Americans – National Institutes of Health (press release)

NIH study seeks to improve asthma therapy for African-Americans
National Institutes of Health (press release)
Researchers will enroll around 500 African-American children and adults who have asthma in a multi-center clinical trial to assess how they react to therapies and to explore the role of genetics in determining the response to asthma treatment. This new 

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Asthma in African-Americans to be studied – UPI.com


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Asthma in African-Americans to be studied
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30 (UPI) — US researchers say a study of the genetic code for asthma in African-Americans could reveal why the disease disproportionately afflicts that population. Scientists at Johns Hopkins, with $9.5 million in funding from the National Heart,
Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African-AmericansBaltimore Sun
$9.5 Million Federal Grant to Support "Asthma Genome" Project with African Newswise (press release)
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Gene Linked to High Asthma Risk in African-Americans Discovered – International Business Times


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Gene Linked to High Asthma Risk in African-Americans Discovered
International Business Times
Researchers found a gene, PYHIN1, and its variations may account for a large proportion of asthma risk in people of African descent. In particular, one polymorphism of the gene was 34 percent more likely found in African-American and Afro-Caribbean
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