New Pills To Help Quit Smoking

Smokers struggling to quit smoking can pop a pill in near future to give up the habit. According to researchers, 28 molecules, which are produced in abnormal amounts in cells lining the airways of smokers have been identified. Medicine researchers have proposed that if the levels of these molecules could be restored to that of non-smokers it might allow chronic smokers who have been unable to quit to improve their health prospects. The study is a part of research work at the Boston University School of Medicine. The study was carried out by lead researcher Avrum Spira and his colleagues, who took took samples of cells from the airways of 10 smokers and 10 non-smokers and identified 28 microRNAs. These organelle are responsible for the expression of whole networks of related genes, that are characteristic of the smokers.