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Article: Understanding Mechanisms of Common Colds: a New Approach to Help Control Asthma Attacks.
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- February 28, 2007
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BRUSSELS, February 28 /PRNewswire/ -- In an article published yesterday (27 February) in the journal Allergy, experts in the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) suggest that respiratory infections are a main trigger of asthma attacks. Scientists now need to understand the differences between the response to a common cold and air pollution in asthmatics compared with non-asthmatic patients with a view to figure out mechanisms of asthma exacerbations.
"Understanding the mechanism that allows non-asthmatics to deal with the common cold could constitute a new approach to help prevent and control asthma attacks," says Dr. Papadopoulos lead author ...