COPD, asthma now can be studied outside the body – Harvard Gazette


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COPD, asthma now can be studied outside the body
Harvard Gazette
A research team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University leveraged its organ-on-a-chip technology to develop a model of the human small airway in which lung inflammatory diseases, such as asthma and chronic …
Small airway-on-a-chip enables analysis of human COPD and asthmaNews-Medical.net
Small airway-on-a-chip improves study of human COPD and asthmaHarvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Airway-on-a-chip may help advance COPD, asthma researchUPI.com

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Ayurvedic Remedy Gets Studied: Frankincense For Asthma? – Science 2.0


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Ayurvedic Remedy Gets Studied: Frankincense For Asthma?
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Science 2.0 fave Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson recently sent a funny thing across his Twitter feed:Q: What do you call Alternative Medicine that survives double-blind laboratory tests? A: Regular Medicine.And that's the crux of the issue, isn't it?
Frankincense widely found in India may help cure asthma and arthritisNewstrack India
Frankincense as a medicineScienceBlog.com (blog)

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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)
Johns Hopkins wins $8.5M to study asthma among blacksBaltimore Business Journal

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