Smoking is the most important risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but NHLBI-funded researchers discovered 13 new genetic regions that are linked to COPD. The findings, published in Nature Genetics, not just uncover new genetic risk factors for COPD, but also show how these overlap with risk for asthma and pulmonary fibrosis.
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