Maternal Air Particulate Exposure Worsens Asthma in Adult Offspring

Data from a new mouse study indicated that a mother’s exposure to air pollution during pregnancy can increase the risk for asthma in her adult offspring. Specifically, the study showed that adult mice with no direct exposure to pollution, whose mothers were exposed to particulate air pollution, exhibited heightened allergic airways disease.

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