Cadmium-Linked Inflammation Increases the Severity of Lung Infection
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Researchers funded in part by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) uncovered a key mechanism explaining how inflammation caused by cadmium exposure makes lung infections more severe and deadly.
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