New discovery of cause for asthma sparks hope for treatments, scientists say

Researchers suggest the answer to stopping asthma symptoms may lie in cell extrusion, a process they discovered that drives most epithelial cell death (Yui Mok/PA)

Scientists have discovered a new cause for asthma that offers hope for treatment that could prevent the life-threatening disease.

The majority of current asthma treatments come from the idea that it is an inflammatory disease.