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Microbial cells make up about 90% of the cells in our bodies and help us perform basic tasks such as digesting food, Ege says.

Farm living could arm kids against asthma 2011

It's possible that they help "educate" the immune system by teaching the body what to attack and what to ignore, Ege says.

Farm living could arm kids against asthma 2011

Previous research, including some conducted by Dr. Ege's group, has found that children raised on farms exhibit substantially reduced risk for asthma and allergies—lower by 30% or more—than those raised elsewhere.

Greater Germ Exposure Cuts Asthma Risk Shirley S. Wang 2011

Dr. Ege said it wouldn't help for parents to take their children to a farm two or three times a year or to get a dog or other pet for the purpose of exposing their children to microbes, since the biggest effect appeared to be related to prolonged exposure to cows and pigs.

Greater Germ Exposure Cuts Asthma Risk Shirley S. Wang 2011

Identifying which microbes are beneficial to the immune system is important because those germs could help the development of new treatments or vaccines to prevent asthma, Dr. Ege said.

Greater Germ Exposure Cuts Asthma Risk Shirley S. Wang 2011

The key appears to be exposure to a diversity of bugs, not just more of them, according to Markus Ege, an epidemiologist at the Children's Hospital of Munich and first author on the paper that covered both studies.

Greater Germ Exposure Cuts Asthma Risk Shirley S. Wang 2011

Fifty years later, newspaper editor John Ege says the golden jubilee is worth celebrating, if only because Nigeria has survived so much.

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Van Helsing agrees and embarks with his son, the student and his six kung-fu trained siblings on a dangerous journey funded by a wealthy widow (Julie Ege).

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Fifty years later, newspaper editor John Ege says the golden jubilee is worth celebrating, if only because Nigeria has survived so much.

Explosions During Nigerian Independence Celebrations Kill 8 2010

"Bacteria can be beneficial for asthma," said Dr. Ege.

Greater Germ Exposure Cuts Asthma Risk Shirley S. Wang 2011