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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, one of the institutes that make up the National Institutes of Health, has awarded $288,986 to Biotherapeutics, Inc., located in Blacksburg, Virginia, for lung disease research as it relates to asthma. According to the American Lung Association, more than twenty-five million Americans live with asthma. Of those affected, somewhere between one and two million people suffer from severe asthma. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement:

“Our medical community continues to look for innovative treatments to address asthma, a condition that affects millions of Americans.

“This grant for nearly $300,000 helps Biotherapeutics develop more treatments for people who struggle with asthma.”

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