{"id":45735,"date":"2020-08-20T11:08:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T15:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=45735"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:58:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:58:48","slug":"nih-features-boucher-in-the-story-of-mucus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/nih-features-boucher-in-the-story-of-mucus\/","title":{"rendered":"NIH Features Boucher in the Story of Mucus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41374\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 274px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/04\/Richard-Boucher-2020-e1595522479743-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Boucher\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/04\/Richard-Boucher-2020-e1595522479743-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/04\/Richard-Boucher-2020-e1595522479743-301x342.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/04\/Richard-Boucher-2020-e1595522479743.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"discreet\">Richard Boucher, MD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In &#8220;Marvels of Mucus and Phlegm: The Slime that Keeps You Healthy,&#8221; the NIH featured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/boucher\/\"><strong>Richard Boucher<\/strong><\/a>, MD, to help explain why mucus gets a bad rap and what its true purpose is in human health.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/boucher\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Boucher<\/strong><\/a>, the James Moeser Eminent Distinguished Professor of Medicine and director of the UNC Marsico Lung Institute, has been studying the ins and outs of mucus and its role in human health and disease for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, he co-led a\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/news.unchealthcare.org\/news\/2020\/june\/researchers-map-sars-cov-2-infection-in-cells-of-nasal-cavity-bronchia-lungs\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">major study<\/a>\u00a0in the journal<em>\u00a0Cell<\/em>\u00a0about the details of coronavirus infection in human airways, adding to evidence that wearing a mask is an important protective step toward limiting transmission of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more from the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.unchealthcare.org\/som-vital-signs\/2020\/aug-20\/nih-features-boucher-in-the-story-of-mucus?utm_source=vs-email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=34\">UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In &#8220;Marvels of Mucus and Phlegm: The Slime that Keeps You Healthy,&#8221; the NIH featured Richard Boucher, MD, to help explain why mucus gets a bad rap and what its true purpose is in human health. 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