Asthma cure coming? Possibly. Recent research seems to suggest that future asthmatics may be "cured" rather than being treated only for the symptoms as is presently done. Work, for example at Harvard, indicates that new understandings of NKT cells (Natural Killer T-Cells) may lead to one-time treatments rather than the long-term (permanent) use of "control" and "rescue" drugs.
To read about the progress, see the article "Harvard U. Makes Big Strides to Cure Asthma" as follows:
http://www.nytimes.com/uwire/uwire_ELEJ032820061927994.html?ex=1221454800&en=53c9955e190ebcbf&ei=5034
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