<p>My name is Sally Block, the MJA’s news and online editor.</p><p> </p><p>“The <em>MJA</em> acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which we live and work across Australia.  This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wangal people. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present.”</p><p> </p><p>This week the MJA has published a supplement called Cure asthma – it’s a collaboration between keen Australian stakeholders, and co-ordinated by The University of Melbourne and Asthma Australia.  </p><p> </p><p>As the name states, the goal is to not just treat asthma, but to find a cure.</p><p> </p><p>To discuss this I am joined by Professor Gary Anderson who is a pharmacologist and immunologist and Director of the Lung Health Research Centre at the University of Melbourne.</p>