Cockroaches May Unlock Asthma Answers: New Research, Part 2

In the city of Boston, a volatile situation is brewing. Research into allergic asthma has shown a strong correlation between allergies to cockroaches and asthmatic response. Dan Remick, the chairman of the pathology department in the School of Medicine, is applying the findings to the search for a cure. Remick's research is guided by the correlation between allergies to cockroaches and the development of asthma in children in inner cities. One of his new methods is actually thousands of years old: the research has demonstrated that Chinese herbal medicines often work to block the asthmatic response in mice.

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