Against expectations, genetic variation does not alter asthma treatment response
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 08:14
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies have suggested that asthma patients with a specific genetic variation might not respond as well to certain treatments as those with a different variation. But a new study in this week's edition of The Lancet shows that patients with either variation respond to combination treatment, and that this treatment should be continued, School of Medicine researchers report.