Washington Post - People who grow up on farms -- especially dairy farms -- have way
fewer allergy and asthma problems than the rest of us. Now one research
team thinks they've brought science closer to understanding why.
In a study published Thursday in Science,
researchers report that they were able to pinpoint one possible
mechanism for the allergy protection in mice they studied. Surprisingly,
the protein that they fingered as the likely allergy-preventer doesn't
actually affect the immune system -- it affects the structural cells
that make up the lining of the lung.
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