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Iron fuels immune cells – and it could make asthma worse

  • Written by Benjamin Hurrell, Assistant Professor of Research in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California
imageIron carries oxygen throughout the body, but ironically, it can also make it harder to breathe for people with asthma.Hiroshi Watanabe/Stone via Getty Images

You’ve likely heard that you can get iron from eating spinach and steak. You might also know that it’s an essential trace element that is a major component of hemoglobin, a protein...

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