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$750,000 Awarded for Cutting-Edge Research to Reduce the Severity of Asthma Attacks
Date:8/18/2009

e taken up by pharmaceutical companies. After five decades with virtually no improvements, this large number of discoveries in a short time documents the success of our program."

Over 23 million or one in 13 people in the United States have asthma. More Americans have asthma than coronary heart disease, cancer or Parkinson's disease. Asthma is the most serious chronic disease of childhood and disproportionately strikes the poor.

A description of Dr. Zuker's project can be seen at www.americanasthmafoundation.org/research-program/2009-research-grant-awardees

    TO ARRANGE AN INTERVIEW WITH AN AAF EXECUTIVE OR RESEARCHER, OR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

    Dean L. Smith, Executive Director, American Asthma Foundation
    415-404-3464, dsmith@americanasthma.org

www.americanasthmafoundation.org


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