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Presentation Title
How environmental microbes protect from asthma 

Main Speakers

Donata Vercelli, MD
Regents Professor
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, Arizona Center for the Biology of Complex Diseases
Associate Director, Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center
Professor, The BIO5 Institute
The University of Arizona

Learner Objectives
Upon conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Review evidence that exposure to microbe-rich environments protects children from asthma. 
• Describe environmental agents that underpin the asthma-protective effects.
• State the host mechanisms that underpin the asthma-protective effects.

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TRANSCRIPT
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