Wading into the Genomic Pool to Unravel Acute Lung Injury Genetics

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Acute lung injury (ALI) is a common and often devastating illness characterized by acute hypoxemia, alveolar flooding, and an unacceptably high morbidity and mortality. Because only a fraction of the patients exposed to ALI-inciting events progress to development of the syndrome, there is significant interest in the identification of genetic factors potentially contributing to ALI susceptibility or prognosis. Two...

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