American Lung Association of California Grants Nearly $700,000 to Lung Disease Research; Studies Into Asthma, Lung Cancer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Offer Hope to Five Million Californians With Lung Disease.

Byline: American Lung Association

OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research offers hope to the more than five million Californians afflicted with lung diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Recently the American Lung Association of California granted nearly $700,000 to lung disease research, funding 12 scientists in California who are conducting basic research into the mechanisms of disease and 20 Asthma Clinical Research Centers across the country.

"All of the effective treatments we have today came from basic research," said Timothy Morris, MD, chair of the American Lung Association of California's Research Training Review Committee. "Treatments for lung diseases like pneumonia and tuberculosis are now considered routine, but it wasn't that long ago these diseases were incurable. Basic research led us down the right track."

The association awarded $340,000 through its peer-reviewed scientific research program, including one Pulmonary Nurse Scholarship. Every year the American Lung Association of California reviews applications from researchers and nursing students across the state and grants up to $50,000 to research projects that meet its guidelines and up to $6,000 to master's level nursing …