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An effective new treatment for asthma could be available within five years after scientists identified a previously unknown cause of the condition.
Researchers claimed a breakthrough that could be particularly beneficial for people with severe asthma - where there is the greatest need for new treatments - after identifying a protein that plays a key role in asthma.
The discovery of the protein - known as Caspase-4 - paves the way to develop new treatments to tackle the disease, which affects 5.4 million children and adults in the UK.
Caspase-4 plays a valuable role in many people defending the body against harmful bacteria. However, it can be overactive in some people, triggering intense allergic reactions that cause excessive swelling, or inflammation, of the breathing tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs.
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Researchers claimed a breakthrough that could be particularly beneficial for people with severe asthma - where there is the greatest need for new treatments - after identifying a protein that plays a key role in asthma.
The discovery of the protein - known as Caspase-4 - paves the way to develop new treatments to tackle the disease, which affects 5.4 million children and adults in the UK.
Caspase-4 plays a valuable role in many people defending the body against harmful bacteria. However, it can be overactive in some people, triggering intense allergic reactions that cause excessive swelling, or inflammation, of the breathing tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs.
Hopes of new asthma treatments in five years as a key cause is identified
Researchers claim major breakthrough in understanding of condition
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