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- Researchers made a new inhaled treatment.
- The treatment goes into the lungs.
- It aims to treat tuberculosis in the lung.
- The medicine is inside tiny particles.
- The particles go to lung immune cells.
- These cells are called macrophages.
- The particles slowly release the medicine.
- The new way may cause fewer side effects.
Difficult words
- researcher — a person who studies a subject to find factsResearchers
- inhale — to breathe air or medicine into the lungsinhaled
- tuberculosis — a disease that often affects the lungs and breathing
- particle — a very small piece or part of somethingparticles
- macrophage — a cell in the body that eats germsmacrophages
- immune — related to the body systems that fight germs
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Discussion questions
- Have you used a medicine that goes into the lungs?
- Are you worried about side effects?
- Do you like the idea of medicine in tiny particles?
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