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Article: M. D. Anderson Launches Research Effort Targeting Asthma and Allergic Diseases.
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- September 15, 2006
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HOUSTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- A new research alliance focuses on a molecular master switch suspected of igniting the inflammatory immune response that drives asthma and other allergic diseases.
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine have launched the Texas Medical Center Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Center, funded by a $5.6 million five-year grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.
"We can manage asthma, but there is no cure. Finding the cause of asthma is a fundamental question in immunology," said principal ...