Dr. Xian C. Li, Houston Methodist (IMAGE)

Houston Methodist

Dr. Xian C. Li, Houston Methodist

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Xian C. Li, M.D., Ph.D., and his team at the Houston Methodist Research Institute discovered an interaction between two molecules that can be manipulated to solve the overproduction of mucin in the lungs that causes asthma.

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Scott Jones, Houston Methodist

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