I also saw this article, but it was in Catnip magazine(Oct,2001 issue)I found it very interesting because of my experience. I had 2 cats when I was very young. Unfortunately, no one believed in indoor cats back then and one by one they were killed by cars. Neither one made it to 2 years old. Shortly after I became severly allergic to cats(other peoples cats, because we no longer had one)My parents got me a poodle and I continued to be very allergic to cats and at 17 years old developed asthma. I then lived until I turned 40 without any cats because I would get severe reactions if I went to anyones house that had one. I still have asthma and am allergic to cats(according to the skin tests) but now have 8 cats(which dont bother me)I decided to use the real thing instead of allergy shots. And I did bathe my cats for the first year.I feel so lucky now, but wonder after reading this article whether I could have avoided asthma if my parents had got another cat back then.