Three careful articles on asthma, genes, early infection, environment, stress and longitudinal care, with diagnosis and treatment boundaries kept explicit.
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Respiratory Health Research
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Asthma Runs in Families — But Genes Are Only Part of the Story
Twin studies show a strong inherited component to asthma liability while also demonstrating that infections, exposures and individual environments matter.
Early Infections, Asthma and Twins: What Timing Can Teach Us
Twins can help researchers study whether early respiratory infections and later asthma share causes, consequences or both—but timing alone does not prove causation.
