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Flinn Foundation funds NAU microbiologist’s study to address health disparities through novel therapeutic for asthma

Posted by Heather Tate on March 19, 2019

Emily Cope working in PMI lab.

According to the National Institutes for Health, asthma is a chronic lung disease affecting more than 300 million people worldwide—25 million in the U.S. alone, including 7 million children. Because it inflames and narrows the airways, the disease significantly affects quality of life, causing recurring periods of wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath and coughing.

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Filed Under: Pathogen & Microbiome Institute, Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative Tagged With: Andy Koppisch, asthma, diet, Emily Cope, flinn foundation, Greg Caporaso, lung disease, microbes, pulmonary disease, SHERC

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