The American Lung Association of the Mid-Atlantic has funded millions in research projects within the region. One of our many research projects includes our "Asthma Clinical Research Center (ACRC),":http://www.lunginfo.org/acrc conducts research on large groups of patients with the goal of improving the treatment of asthma, and eventually finding a cure to the disease. Other research projects include: * Unraveling the mechanisms of airway inflammation * Surfactant protein produced in the lungs provide natural protection from asthma * Why do airway cells grow abnormally in people with severe asthma? * Understanding how receptors are regulated could open the door to new asthma treatments * How are surfactant proteins in the body involved in asthma? * Preventing high blood pressure in newborn infants' lungs * Why does a `good` protein become a bad actor? * What happens when breathing repeatedly stops while you sleep? * How does the immune system keep tuberculosis infection from becoming active? 7 notebox_wide float_right 11 2008-04-07T12:26:38-04:00 53 0 research 1 0 2008-04-29T08:30:42-04:00