Tag: Immunology/Allergies/Asthma

Credit: Vaishnava Lab/Immunity PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Scientist have long known that bacteria in the intestines, also known as the microbiome, ...

ECDC: Influenza vaccination coverage rates insufficient across EU member states

None of the European Union (EU) Member States could demonstrate that they reach the EU target of 75% influenza vaccination ...

Predicting inhibitor for multidrug resistance associated protein-2 transporter

This article by Dr. Prabha Garg et al. is published in Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening, Volume 21 , ...

TiO2 NP & catalyst for the synthesis of benzopyrano benzopyranone and xanthenol in water

This article by Dr. Shahrzad Abdolmohammadi is published in Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening, Volume 15 , Issue 10 ...

Dicationic ionic liquid & its application in the synthesis of xanthenediones

This article by Dr. Ali Ezabadi et al. is published in Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening, Volume 21 , ...

Baboon sexes differ in how social status gets 'under the skin'

Status-health connection depends, in part, on what it takes to get aheadCredit: Photo by Elizabeth Archie, University of Notre Dame ...

Vaccine using microneedle patch with RSV virus, immune-stimulating compound is effective against RSV

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Skin vaccination using a microneedle patch that contains the inactivated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and a ...

Scientists found molecular 'switch' for allergic asthma treatment

A team of Russian scientists identified the role of the interleukin-6 molecule in the development of allergic asthma. Now it ...

Protein police keep the immune system in check

Researchers learn how a key transcription factor helps regulate the immune system and could be critical to understanding autoimmune disease ...

Killing the liver-stage malaria parasite with baculovirus: a drug discovery approach

Researchers at Kanazawa University have discovered that an insect virus (a baculovirus) can completely eliminate liver-stage malaria parasites in mice, ...

Lung lavage as new test method improves tuberculosis diagnosis in rhinoceros

Credit: Jonathan Crackne Diseases and tuberculosis in particular can pose considerable challenges for wildlife. In order to avoid epidemics within ...

Septin proteins act as cellular police to identify, imprison and kill 'superbug' Shigella

Ground-breaking discovery reveals new clues to stop the spread of deadly infections Using state-of-the art technologies to image human cells ...

A summary of electrospun nanofibers as drug delivery system

This article by Dr. José Manuel Cornejo Bravo et al. is published in Current Drug Delivery, Volume 15 , Issue ...

How does diet during pregnancy impact allergies in offspring?