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Mucus secretion blocked at its source in the lungs
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Nature 603, 798-799 (2022)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00700-8
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Competing Interests
The authors are named inventors on patents for thiol saccharide-based mucolytic drugs, and they are both shareholders in a start-up biotechnology company (Aer Therapeutics) that seeks to advance novel mucolytic therapies to the clinic for treatment of lung disease.