Ucsd Airway Research & Clinical Trials Center

The UCSD Airway Clinical Research Center was formed to investigate and validate new and existing therapies for airway conditions. Airway conditions, as described below, are the focus of our research and treatment. The "airways" are the bronchial tubes that conduct air from the mouth to the alveoli of the lungs where oxygen is taken up into the blood stream and carbon dioxide is removed. Thus, the term "airway disease" or "airway condition" refers to a disorder that narrows the airways and interferes with the smooth passage of air in and out of the lungs. ASTHMA is marked by recurring episodes of reversible airway narrowing (caused by contraction of muscle in the airway wall, or "bronchospasm