Health and Fitness

Why Does Flu Trigger Asthma?

Study suggests new therapeutic targets for virally-induced asthma attacks

Boston, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)– When children with asthma get the flu, they often land in the hospital gasping for air. Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston have found a previously unknown biological pathway explaining why influenza induces asthma attacks. Studies in a mouse model, published online May 29 by the journal Nature Immunology, reveal that influenza activates a newly recognized group of immune cells called natural helper cells…

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