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Lung Inflammation From Influenza Turned Off? Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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A new discovery could lead to treatments which turn off the inflammation in the lungs caused by influenza and other infections, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Immunology. The symptoms of influenza, such as breathlessness, weight loss and fever, are made much worse by the immune system responding in an exaggerated way to the virus, rather than by the virus itself. (source: sciencedaily.com)
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