Looking for better asthma treatments
Chemistry professor to use $1.9 million R01 grant to research inflammatory mechanismsCredit: The University of Akron America's 26 million asthmatics ...
Tag: Immunology/Allergies/Asthma
New potential approach to treat atopic dermatitis
Credit: (Image: Dermatologische Klinik, USZ) The skin of humans and animals is densely populated by fungi. It is suspected that ...
Study suggests painkillers taken during pregnancy not a cause of asthma in kids
A study of almost 500,000 women indicates that taking paracetamol or other painkillers during pregnancy is not responsible for increasing ...
Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight — NASA investigates
The stress of spaceflight gives viruses a holiday from immune surveillance, putting future deep-space missions in jeopardy Herpes viruses reactivate ...
Rejection of transplanted organs: Long-awaited structure offers new insights
Credit: Paul A. MacAry Rejection of any kind is always hard to deal with, but when one's body rejects a ...
Fingermark imaging for drug detection
Credit: Author In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, researchers from Zhejiang have uncovered a ...
Early-life exposure to microbiota restricts colon cancer later in life, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Exposure to microbiota, or microorganisms such as bacteria, in the early stages of life plays a ...
Reducing the burden of tuberculosis treatment
Drug delivery system would allow patients to switch from daily to monthly dosesCredit: Malvika Verma, Karan Vishwanath CAMBRIDGE, MA -- ...
‘Inactive’ ingredients may not be, study finds
Most pills contain compounds with potential to cause allergic reactions or discomfort in some patients CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Most pills ...
How the heart sends an SOS signal to bone marrow cells after a heart attack
In the SOS response, the bone marrow releases reparative progenitor cells to try to heal the heart.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ...
Hepatitis B vaccination in preadolescents lowered the disease incidence rate in Catalonia
An efficient programCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Introducing Hepatitis B vaccine in preadolescents meant a decline in the disease incidence rate ...
Scientists delineate pathway that helps us make antibodies
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 13, 2019) - Our bodies are continuously concocting specific antibodies ...
Breath of fresh air in vasculitis research
University of Tsukuba-led team reveals the association between a gene variant and a lung disease in the form of systemic ...
For infection-fighting cells, a guideline for expanding the troops
Researchers at Princeton look into the mathematical relationship that describes how T cells expand in response to infection T cells ...
Scientists discover a potential strategy to treat influenza A
In a breakthrough with applicability across many flu strains, researchers find a potential small molecule that mimics antibodies to treat ...
Winning the arms race: Analysis reveals key gene for bacterial infection
Researchers at Osaka University use molecular-level analyses of evolution to identify a key gene in bacterial infection, potentially providing a ...
Academic performance of urban children with asthma worse than peers without asthma
Study finds for ethnic minorities, the more severe the asthma, the worse the quality of work ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - ...
Precision drugs could unmask cancers to immune system and boost effects of immunotherapy
NHS-approved PARP inhibitor therapy found to boost the body's immune response Drugs could be used to increase number of patients ...
Gene identified that increases risk of antibiotic reaction
Credit: Photo by Anne Rayner Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and colleagues have identified a gene that increases the ...
Researchers unveil progress and challenges in introducing typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa/Asia
University of Maryland School of Medicine's Dr. Kathy Neuzil is leading an international consortium of researchers working to accelerate introduction ...
