Medical experts consultedThis article includes expert inputs shared with TOI Health by:Dr Shabber Zaveri, Chairman, HOD, and Consultant in Surgical Oncology & Robotic Surgery at Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road.Ms Bincy Mathew, Psycho Oncologist, and tobacco cessation expert at Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road.Dr Saadvik Raghuram Y, Director Medical Oncology & Hemato-Oncology, CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.Dr Anjali R Nath, Pulmonologist, Department of Pulmonology & Chest Medicine - HOSMAT Hospitals.Dr Shailesh V
(i) to investigate the expression of P/S cell markers CK5, CK14 and p63 in bronchial explants and BEC cultures outgrown from explants obtained from smokers without COPD and patients with COPD, (ii) to examine explants and cultures for changes in the expression of P/S markers as the number of outgrowths increased, (iii) to investigate the effect this has on the number of BECs outgrown from explants
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The perpetual cloud of smoke that surrounds the tobacco users tends to lower the BH4 levels
And Gamal al-Bana, a maverick Egyptian scholar, says smoking is even allowed during the Ramadan fast because its not explicitly banned in the Quran, the Muslim holy book, or by Muhammad
