Polluted air leads to disease by promoting widespread inflammation

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 11:01 in Health & Medicine

Chronic inhalation of polluted air appears to activate a protein that triggers the release of white blood cells, setting off events that lead to widespread inflammation, according to new research in an animal model.

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