Experimental diabetes drug reverses emphysema in mice
Posted by Nicholette Zeliadt | Categories: Diabetes and metabolism, Drugs, drugs and more drugs
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the US Surgeon General’s first ever report, which implicated smoking as the primary cause of emphysema and other chronic diseases. Despite decades of research, emphysema—a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which ranks among the third leading cause of death in the US—remains incurable. Read more
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