Health
Sudden reaction to a food? It could be adult-onset allergy
You bite into an apple and suddenly your mouth starts tingling. Or you eat shrimp for dinner and get hives.
Feb 25, 2022
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Allergy
Immunology
Peanut allergy vaccine to rewrite the immune system
Peanut allergies could become a thing of the past as breakthrough research from the University of South Australia develops a radically novel vaccination that's poised to cure the potentially life threatening condition.
Dec 6, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
New HIV-inhibiting protein identified
Scientists have identified a new HIV-suppressing protein in the blood of people infected with the virus. In laboratory studies, the protein, called CXCL4 or PF-4, binds to HIV such that it cannot attach to or enter a human ...
May 29, 2012
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Dentistry
Patients reporting penicillin allergy less likely to have successful dental implants
Dental implants are more than twice as likely to fail in people who report an allergy to penicillin and are given alternative antibiotics, compared to those given amoxicillin, a new study by researchers at NYU College of ...
Apr 6, 2022
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Pediatrics
Is your child's 'penicillin allergy' real?
(HealthDay)—Many children suspected of being allergic to the inexpensive, first-line antibiotic penicillin actually aren't, new research indicates.
Jul 3, 2017
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Immunology
Scientists gain insight into allergies
Scientists report they've pinpointed which immune system cells trigger allergies.
Aug 2, 2017
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Medical research
High levels of immunoglobulin E antibodies in microbiomes of people with peanut allergies
A team of researchers from Stanford University, the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has found that people with peanut allergies have an abundance of allergy-causing immunoglobulin ...
Immunology
Bad weather creates perfect storm for asthma sufferers
It's an old line: "Everyone complains about the weather but no one is doing anything about it."
Jun 28, 2022
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Medical research
Biotech startup uses nanoparticles to induce immune tolerance
More than 100 approved drugs in the U.S. warn of immune-related side effects on their labels. Countless others never make it onto shelves because of unwanted immune responses that can harm patients and limit the effectiveness ...
May 24, 2019
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Immunology
Food in skincare products linked to development of allergies
Firstly goat milk and now oats have been revealed as allergenic ingredients in skin care products in a latest study by Monash University allergy researchers.
Sep 18, 2015
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