{"id":234566,"date":"2026-06-21T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/can-we-cure-asthma-yes-and-we-have-a-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T16:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T20:25:10","slug":"can-we-cure-asthma-yes-and-we-have-a-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/can-we-cure-asthma-yes-and-we-have-a-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Can we cure asthma? Yes, and we have a plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/can-we-cure-asthma-yes-and-we-have-a-plan-278308\">Can we cure asthma? Yes, and we have a plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/can-we-cure-asthma-yes-and-we-have-a-plan-278308\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/can-we-cure-asthma-yes-and-we-have-a-plan-278308<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-21 15:38:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Asthma is generally seen as a condition that can be managed but not cured, but recent scientific advances suggest a cure might be possible.<\/li>\n<li>Recent surveys indicate worsening asthma symptoms and attacks, regardless of severity, leading to increased mortality and hospitalizations due to asthma.<\/li>\n<li>Asthma imposes a significant financial burden on Australia\u2019s health system, with around A$1.3 billion spent in 2023\u20132024, yet outcomes have not improved.<\/li>\n<li>About 20\u201330% of asthma cases, often in children, experience spontaneous remission, highlighting the potential for a cure.<\/li>\n<li>A cure would involve sustained elimination of symptoms, resolution of underlying disease, and resetting of molecular processes driving asthma.<\/li>\n<li>Potential future medications could correct and reprogram diseased cells, eliminating the need for ongoing medication by targeting \u201cmolecular memories\u201d and specific biomarkers.<\/li>\n<li>Research combining molecular level insights, risk factors, and \u201cmachine learning\u201d could enable the development of simulated, computer-generated drugs to combat asthma.<\/li>\n<li>Prioritizing research and funding innovations towards an asthma cure represents a significant shift in understanding and achieving this health outcome.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can we cure asthma? Yes, and we have a plan https:\/\/theconversation.com\/can-we-cure-asthma-yes-and-we-have-a-plan-278308 Publish Date: 2026-06-21 15:38:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/731262\/original\/file-20260421-57-joa75i.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C354%2C2121%2C1060&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234568,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234566\/revisions\/234568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}