BCM Researcher Suggests: The pathway to asthma winds through Toll-like receptor 4

Is this toll-like receptor 4 a central processing unit controlling the human immune system?
In an online report released today in Science, Baylor College of Medicine‘s Dr. David Corry and his colleagues compared a membrane bound protein, toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), to a computer chip involved in controlling the immune system in allergic disease and asthma.....

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Asthma Risk Linked To Grandma’s Smoking

Researchers believe they have found a link between the risk of developing childhood asthma and a grandmother’s smoking.
Researchers from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, examined data obtained through interviews with parents or guardians of 908 children. In total, 338 children had asthma within their first five years of life, and a control group 570 did not have asthma......

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Quality of life can be normal for people with asthma

A study shows that well-controlled asthma is a goal worth aiming for in terms of health status and quality of life.
Previous research suggests that both those with asthma and their carers believe that the condition inevitably limits daily activities and impairs quality of life. But this need not be so, according to new research from the University of Cape Town, South Africa......

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