Immunology

'Bad guy' blood cells vital to gut health found

A Monash University collaboration has found that eosinophils, a type of white blood cell commonly associated with asthma and allergy, play an important role in maintaining a healthy gut.

Immunology

Food allergies: A research update

Promising new therapies for food allergies are on the horizon, including an experimental immunotherapy awaiting federal approval that enables people who are very allergic to eat peanut protein without suffering serious side ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Link between vaccines and allergies dismissed

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, having compared the development of allergies in children with and without the recommended vaccinations, find no support for the claim that childhood vaccination can increase ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Mothers pass on allergies to offspring, preclinical study shows

Mothers can pass allergies to offspring while they are developing in the womb, researchers from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) and Duke-NUS Medical School ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Some 'anaphylactic' reactions to flu shots may just be stress responses

Some adverse reactions to influenza vaccinations may be safe to de-labeled—that is, deemed safe for further flu vaccinations—from "allergies" to "stress-related responses" because they do not meet the criteria for anaphylaxis, ...

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