Complications from asthma, including death, are more likely for African Americans. A group of NHLBI-funded researchers found that a unique type of inflammation of the airways might be partly to blame, as it makes black patients less responsive to asthma treatment. The findings, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, are the result of one of the largest and most diverse U.S. clinical trials on race and asthma.
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