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BA Festival: Asthma and the Sinister Infiltrator
Professor Tim Williams, head of the Leukocyte Biology Section, Imperial College School of Medicine, will tell the BA Festival of Science on Tuesday 12 September how asthma may be caused primarily by a body defence system that has gone wrong - when allergens in the air are mistaken by the body for products from parasitic worms. Professor Williams... view more... (2000-09-12)
White blood cell uses DNA 'catapult' to fight infection
U.S. and Swiss scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how a type of white blood cell called the eosinophil may help the body to fight bacterial infections in the digestive tract, according to research published online this week in Nature Medicine. view more (2008-08-14)
Innate immune system targets asthma-linked fungus for destruction
A new study shows that the innate immune system of humans is capable of killing a fungus linked to airway inflammation, chronic rhinosinusitis and bronchial asthma. view more (2008-09-03)
Sweet -- sugared polymer a new weapon against allergies and asthma
Scientists at Johns Hopkins and their colleagues have developed sugar-coated polymer strands that selectively kill off cells involved in triggering aggressive allergy and asthma attacks. view more (2009-11-20)
White blood cell plays key role in body's excessive repair response to asthma - Airway scarring can be disrupted by targeting eosinophils
Researchers in London and Montreal report today that they have discovered an important link in the development of the body's response to allergic asthma. They have found that one type of white blood cell, an eosinophil, which was known to cause inflammation of lung airways, is also responsible for driving the process which leads to an excessive... view more... (2003-09-30)
Protein a possible key to allergy and asthma control
Activating a protein found on some immune cells seems to halt the cells' typical job of spewing out substances that launch allergic reactions, a study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The findings could eventually lead to new treatments for allergic reactions ranging from annoying bouts of hay fever to deadly asthma attacks. view more (2008-01-03)
Protein a possible key to allergy and asthma control
Activating a protein found on some immune cells seems to halt the cells' typical job of spewing out substances that launch allergic reactions, a study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The findings could eventually lead to new treatments for allergic reactions ranging from annoying bouts of hay fever to deadly asthma attacks. view more (2008-01-03)
$2.9 million Australian study AMAZES asthma researchers
Researchers in the Hunter region are poised to begin the biggest asthma study of its type in the world. view more (2008-10-16)
Antibiotic treatment targets difficult asthma
Hunter researchers have shown that a commonly available antibiotic can improve the quality of life of patients with difficult asthma, and may also generate significant health care savings. view more (2007-12-18)
New approach for treating asthma (p 1715)
Authors of a UK study in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggest that targeting the underlying cause of asthma-rather than treating symptoms of the disorder-could be more effective in reducing severe asthma attacks. Conventional treatment for people with asthma relies on assessments of symptoms and simple measures of lung function. however,... view more... (2002-11-22)
Researchers make a significant advance in treating asthma
The findings of this research published on 30th November 2002 in The Lancet suggest that targeting the underlying cause of asthma-rather than treating symptoms of the disorder-could be more effective in reducing severe asthma attacks. Asthma affects 5.1 million people in the UK and leads to an estimated 1,500 deaths per year, however current... view more... (2002-12-02)
Scientists discover genetic profile of an often-misdiagnosed chronic allergic disease of children
Though many parents may never have heard of it, a severe and chronic condition called eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is recognized by doctors as an emerging health problem for children. view more (2006-02-02)
Coarse particulate matter in air may harm hearts of asthma sufferers, UNC study finds
Breathing air containing coarse particulate matter such as road or construction dust may cause heart problems for asthma sufferers and other vulnerable populations, according to a new study led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health. view more (2007-05-10)
Of Mice and Peanuts: A new mouse model for peanut allergy
Chicago researchers report the development of a new mouse model for food allergy that mimics symptoms generated during a human allergic reaction to peanuts. view more (2009-01-13)
A new view of asthma's cause
A newly recognized type of immune cell may play an important role in causing asthma, perhaps explaining why current therapies sometimes fail, report researchers from Children's Hospital Boston in the March 16th New England Journal of Medicine. view more (2006-03-16)
Protecting babies from RSV could reduce the chances of wheeze and asthma during childhood
Researchers from Imperial College London and St Mary’s NHS Trust have discovered that keeping people with coughs and sneezes away from young babies may cut the likelihood of developing wheeze or asthma later in childhood. view more (2002-11-14)
Discovery may lead to powerful new therapy for asthma
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have found that a single enzyme is apparently critical to most allergen-provoked asthma attacks - and that activity of the enzyme, known as aldose reductase, can be significantly reduced by compounds that have already undergone clinical trials as treatments for complications of diabetes. view more (2009-08-12)
Common abdominal pain may be due to a potentially treatable newly recognized inflammatory reaction
As many as one in four people in westernized countries experience pain or discomfort in their upper abdomen, and physicians have almost nothing to offer except anti-acid medicines, which usually don't work. view more (2007-09-20)
New treatment for specific type of leukemia
Leukemia - or cancer of the bone marrow - strikes some 700 Belgians each year. Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia (CEL), a specific form of leukemia, is currently treated with Glivec. However, recent research has shown that prolonged usage can cause resistance to Glivec, rendering this chronic form of leukemia untreatable. view more (2006-05-10)
TB vaccine could help asthma
THE protection the BCG vaccine provides against tuberculosis is notoriously poor. But it could hold the key to a vaccine against asthma, which now affects one in seven children in the West. Klaus Joseph Erb`s team at the University of Würzburg in Germany gave mice nasal sprays containing the bacterium used... view more... (2002-02-27)
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