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New Asthma Research Opposes Current Drug TreatmentMulti-
institutional Study Supports Controversial Theory, Reveals
Genetic Key Richard A. Bond, professor of pharmacology at the
University of Houston College of Pharmacy (UHCOP), has been
investigating whether beta-2 adrenoreceptor antagonist drugs (or
beta blockers) ultimately might be a safer, more effective
strategy for long-term asthma management than the currently used
beta-2 adrenoreceptor agonists (or stimulants). The beta-2
adrenoreceptor is a receptor found in many cells, including the
smooth muscle lining the airways, and has long been a target for
asthma drugs. However, a recent study shows the absence of
asthma-like symptoms in a mouse model that lacks the key gene
that produces the receptor. This lends further evidence to
Bond's theory that questions whether the pharma