Posts Tagged ‘rds’
Gene Protects Preemies from Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Monday, January 7, 2008 13:52 No CommentsResearchers at Yale School of Medicine have determined that a gene which affects the severity of a variety of serious lung conditions, including asthma and cystic fibrosis, also affects fetal lung maturity. These researchers have shown that premature mouse pups bred to have low levels of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) had less developed [...]








