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Article: Cause of Chronic Sinus Infection Lies in Mucus, Not Tissue, Mayo Clinic Scientists Show; Findings Call for Radical Change in Treatment for the Disease, Researchers Say.
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- July 28, 2005
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Byline: Mayo Clinic
ROCHESTER, Minn., July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that the cause of chronic sinus infections lies in the nasal mucus, not in the nasal and sinus tissue targeted by standard treatment. The findings will be published in the August issue of Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and are available online at http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/jaci .
"This strikingly teaches against what has been thought worldwide about the origin of chronic sinus infection: that inflammatory cells break down, releasing toxic proteins into the diseased airway tissue," says lead researcher and Mayo Clinic ear, nose and ...