Professor Martin Tobin - Breathless gene: the lung and the short of it.mpg
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Channel: The Royal Society · 2012 · Science & Technology
Lung health varies between people. Someone with persistent difficulty exhaling might have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition which leaves them, quite literally, breathless. A person's chances of developing COPD as they grow older is affected by whether they smoke cigarettes, but genetic variation also plays a role. Understanding the genetic variation that predicts lung disease gives scientists clues about the causes of lung disease and about how to treat it.
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