Research opens new avenues for treating asthma and other inflammatory diseases
[ad_1] For decades, scientists have thought they understood the biochemical machinery that causes asthma-inflammation in the lungs that constricts airways and makes it hard to breathe. Molecules called “leukotrienes”-chemicals that get released from white blood cells when something irritates your airways or you inhale an allergen-were labeled the culprits. Medications have been developed to block…