Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Air pollution and genetic susceptibility increased the risks for progression from asthma to COPD, according to a ...

Some people develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) due to a genetic link to the condition. The most understood contributing factor to genetic COPD is an alpha-1 antitrypsin (alpha-1) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers evaluated adults without a history of physician-diagnosed COPD. Area under the curve went up with ...

NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, affects more than 16 million Americans. It's usually associated with smoking. However, in some people, a genetic condition ...

—Is it asthma? Is it chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? In a genome-wide association study, researchers in the U.K. have determined signals that are associated with both diseases. Here are the ...

Using gene enrichment analysis, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified a strong association with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and multiple ancestry groups. A large lung ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a disease that restricts the airways and makes it progressively more challenging to breathe, results from complex genetic and environmental factors. Many ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) are both severe conditions with complex etiologies and substantial comorbidities. Previous studies have suggested a ...

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Rare inherited genetic variants significantly increase familial lung cancer risk, offering new targets for early detection.