Bad Genes + Pollution = Deadly Asthma!?!


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180831130117.htm

A study done by a research team from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Rice University in Houston shows that a combination of genetics and pollution may lead to a more severe effect on asthma patients. Asthma patients living in areas with a lot of traiffic pollution and a change in their genes called a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) have the most severe asthma attacks. However, asthma patients with this SNP that live farther away from busy roads have less severe symptoms. I for one think it’s weird that this study was even done. I also don’t understand how being in a populated area means you have a better chance of dying from asthma. That being said, it’s kinda neat knowing that the environment could make asthma worse. 

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  1. Mrs. JohnsonSeptember 4, 2018 at 11:57 AM

    The article you posted here is from Science Daily & they only give part of the original article.

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  2. chrheaSeptember 13, 2018 at 1:54 PM

    "I also don’t understand how being in a populated area means you have a better chance of dying from asthma."
    I would guess that higher population correlates to higher pollution which would trigger more asthma attacks.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2018 at 4:44 AM

    I found it interesting that a change in genes can cause a more severe type of asthma. I never knew that before.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2018 at 7:11 AM

    I never knew that people who live in more polluted areas would be more prone to asthma attacks.

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