$8 million in funding to fight asthma given to local researchers

SEATTLE -- The Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason has received $8 million to focus on a certain set of cells, known as epithelial cells. They are the cells that form a very important barrier between your lungs and everything in our environment.
"They are deciders; they decide whether whatever it contacts is friendly or foe. And if it's considered to be a good guy then you don't have a response, and you're perfectly fine.....

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Asthma in Boys and Girls: JACI Editorial Identifies Sex-Specific Risk Factors

When it comes to wheezing and asthma, are boys and girls really the same? An editorial available online from The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology digs into factors that could be sex-specific.
Deepti Deshpande, MBBS, and Wayne Morgan, MD, at the University of Arizona reviewed the role of risk factors that vary by sex in the development and persistence of wheezing and asthma.....

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Clayton school system certifed as ‘asthma friendly’

JONESBORO — The Clayton County Public School system was recently certified asthma friendly by the Georgia Department of Public Health.
In addition to all elementary, middle and high schools, several childcare centers in the county also received their certification during an Aug. 9 award ceremony.
To further celebrate the distinction, The Clayton County Board of Health hosted a luncheon Sept. 22 at Clayton County International Park.....

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