Asthma is now an easily treatable disease. Nevertheless, there are patients whose coughs and shortness of breath can hardly be controlled with medication. The airways remain inflamed, swell and can spasm dangerously. I've been caring for a patient like this for years. Some time ago we hoped to be able to help the man in his mid-fifties with a new therapy. But then everything turned out differently.

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