Why Do Some People Develop Asthma and Others Don’t? With Prof. William Cookson
Why do some people develop asthma while others exposed to the same environment never do? And what does the microbiome living inside our lungs have to do with it?
In this episode of The Longevity Seat, we speak with Professor William Cookson, Professor of Genomic Medicine at Imperial College London, whose work spans the genetics of asthma, gene-environment interactions, the lung microbiome and respiratory disease.
We explore how our genes, environment, immune system and airway microbiome interact to shape respiratory health, and what this could mean for the future of more personalised…
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