Discovery could treat coughs
SCIENTISTS investigating coughing have made a discovery which could lead to new treatments.
They found a new group of molecules on the surface of nerve cells that make us cough when irritated.
The findings, to be presented by the British Pharmacological Society in Edinburgh this week, could lead to new drugs to treat coughing, which when chronic, affects about 10 per cent of the population.
Professor Alyn Morice, a clinical pharmacologist at the University of Hull, who is leading the research, said: "Coughing is the commonest symptom for which medical advice is sought.
"Chronic coughs can be socially isolating and disabling and people come from all over Europe to my cough clinic because the cough is ruining their lives, yet current treatment options are limited with remedies little better than honey and lemon."
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