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Key to out-of-control immune response in lung injury found
08-16-2007 · EurekAlert!Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered how a protein modulates the inflammatory response in sudden, life-threatening lung failure. The protein's previously unknown role is reported in the August issue of Nature Medicine.
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