Smoking cigarettes simulates cystic fibrosis
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
If you smoke cigarettes, you have more in common with someone who has cystic fibrosis than you think. A new research report appearing online in the FASEB Journal shows that smoking cigarettes affects the lungs in a way that is very similar to cystic fibrosis, a life threatening disease affecting the lungs and other organs.