Article: Positive data reported from study of Alpha 1-Antitrypsin.

2004 SEP 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Arriva Pharmaceuticals announced that it presented new data on the company's lead molecule, recombinant Alpha 1-Antitrypsin (rAAT) at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Meeting in Glasgow.

In an oral presentation, Arriva researchers made public the findings from a newly completed study showing that rAAT successfully prevented up to 73% of the lung tissue breakdown caused by cigarette smoke in treated animals.

Data presented demonstrated that rAAT, delivered via inhalation to the lungs of smoking mice normalized inflammatory cell recruitment to the lung and prevented airspace enlargement compared with ...

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