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Airway Germs, DNA Changes and Asthma

Allergy | October 13, 2025

Zhaozhong Zhu, ScD, of Massachusetts General Hospital followed 504 infants hospitalized with severe bronchiolitis to explore how airway germs may influence long-term lung health. It identified a couple specific bacterium which linked with changes in DNA methylation and “biological age” markers in blood.

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