Gabrielle Belz and Cyril Seillet, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (IMAGE)

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

Gabrielle Belz and Cyril Seillet, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

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An international research team has revealed why women are twice as likely to develop asthma after puberty. Dr Cyril Seillet (left) and Professor Gabrielle Belz were part of an international research team that discovered testosterone protected males against developing asthma by suppressing immune cells that initiate the condition.

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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

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