Chronic asthma could be caused by cell overcrowding in the airways.

Science News reports: "A glitch in the mechanical process that drives normal turnover of epithelial cells lining the lungs could be to blame. ... Better understanding of this physical force underpinning chronic asthma attacks might lead to new ways of combating the disease."

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Chronic asthma could be caused by cell overcrowding in the airways

Identifying drugs to reduce the excessive expulsion of cells in the lung lining could reduce the damage of chronic asthma.

^{Monique Brouillette (Science News Magazine)}