Researchers have learned how a man-made molecule destroys complexes that induce allergic responses—a discovery that could lead to the development of highly potent, rapidly acting interventions for a host of acute allergic ...
Oct 28, 2012
0
0
(Medical Xpress) -- Allergies, or hypersensitivities of the immune system, are more common than ever before. According to the Asthma and Allergies Foundation of America, one in five Americans suffers from an allergy — ...
Aug 2, 2012
0
0
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test to help physicians diagnose a group of rare cell disorders. The test, or assay, was developed by an expert at Virginia Commonwealth University in the field of mast ...
May 22, 2012
0
0
Working with mouse models, researchers have found a strong connection between autoimmune arthritis and increased aggressiveness in metastatic breast cancer. The connection appears to involve the tendency of autoimmune arthritis ...
Apr 1, 2012
0
0
Imiquimod, a drug used to treat skin cancer, has been shown to have a previously unknown effect on immune cells. The drug transforms cells known as dendritic cells into "tumour killers" that attack the tumour directly and ...
Mar 26, 2012
0
0
(Medical Xpress) -- Triclosan, a common antibacterial agent found in many hand soaps and other products, is known to have the added benefit of alleviating allergic skin conditions such as eczema. In a study recently published ...
Jan 6, 2012
0
0
Cancer researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have carried out the first comprehensive study of the changes seen in the DNA of a patient with mast cell leukemia (MCL), an extremely aggressive subtype of acute ...
Dec 16, 2011
0
0
(Medical Xpress) -- An immune cell involved in initiating the symptoms of an allergic skin reaction may play an equally, or perhaps more important, role in suppressing the reaction once it becomes chronic. This finding in ...
Oct 18, 2011
0
0
New research led by scientists from Imperial College London explains why around half of people with asthma experience a 'late phase' of symptoms several hours after exposure to allergens. The findings, published in the journal ...
Aug 13, 2011
0
0
Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have linked a master molecule of the immune system, gamma-interferon, to the pathology of asthma, in a study of mice. This somewhat surprising finding — the key immune ...
Jul 1, 2011
0
0
