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Aflatoxin exposure can weaken airways’ defenses opening door for severe respiratory diseases

news-medical.net September 27, 2016

Toxins from mold found growing on nuts or corn can weaken the airways\' self-clearing mechanisms and immunity, opening the door for respiratory diseases and exacerbating existing ones, suggests a study in Nature Scientific Reports published this month from otolaryngology researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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