Jan 3, 2012 | Palm Beach Daily News
Blood-pressure drug may reduce smoking damage in lungs, Johns Hopkins study on mice shows
A commonly prescribed blood pressure medicine appears to have the power to prevent significant amounts of lung damage caused by smoking.
Jan 3, 2012 | Newswise
Commonly Used Blood Pressure Drug Prevents Smoking-Related Lung Damage in Mice
Newswise - Working with mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins have successfully used a commonly prescribed blood pressure medicine, losartan , to prevent almost all of the lung damage caused from two months of exposure to cigarette smoke.
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