Nitric oxideis asign of asthmaandotherlungdiseases, such aschronicobstructive pulmonarydisease, cysticfibrosis and bronchiectasis (theabnormalwideningofairways).
Most was to pay for the development of new medicines for chroniclung diseases such as cystic fibrosis and emphysema, which can, in theory, be made from proteins in the milk of a cloned flock.
Professor Danny McAuley from the Centre for Infection and Immunity, a partner in developing the new nanomedicine, said that, if successful, this nanomedicine could also have application in other common lung disorders such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Cystic Fibrosis.