Source: Xinhua

03-06-2009 11:25

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The discovery by Uppsala University researchers of a previously unknown protein in the cells of the lower air ways brings new potential for early diagnosis of a serious lung disease, according to findings published on Monday in the online edition of the American journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

New discovery paves way for new diagnosis of serious lung disease.(File photo)

The new discovery can also provide new knowledge of the cause of common diseases like asthma and chronic bronchitis.

Researchers at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital in Sweden have identified a protein in the lungs that is important to the immune defense system in an autoimmune lung disorder that is not seldom fatal.

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