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July 26, 2024

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Early Life Antibiotic Increases Risk of Asthma: Providing Clues to a Potential Prevention Adult Asthma

July 15, 2024 — Early exposure to antibiotics can trigger long term susceptibility to asthma, according to new research. Importantly the research team isolated a molecule produced by gut bacteria that in the future ...

Could a Dietary Fiber Supplement Offer Long-Awaited Treatment for Food Allergy Sufferers?

July 9, 2024 — A study has identified a potential new treatment for food allergies in inulin, a naturally occurring plant fiber commonly used as a supplement, a prebiotic in soda, a replacement for sweeteners and ...

First Step in Allergic Reactions, Paving the Way for New Preventative Strategies

June 4, 2024 — Scientists have identified how the first domino falls after a person encounters an allergen, such as peanuts, shellfish, pollen or dust mites. Their discovery could herald the development of drugs to ...

Feeding Infants Peanut Products Protects Against Allergy Into Adolescence, Study Suggests

May 27, 2024 — Feeding children peanuts regularly from infancy to age five was linked to a reduced rate of peanut allergy in adolescence, by 71%, even after many years when the children ate or avoided peanut as ...

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Extremely Rare Immune Cells Predict How Well Treatments Work for Recurrent Hives

May 21, 2024 — A new study examines the common skin condition, chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), characterized by recurrent hives. This study shows a link ...

Potential Drivers of Chronic Allergic Inflammation

Apr. 30, 2024 — A research team embarked on a quest to understand the diversity and cellular mechanisms of human Th2 cells. By conducting gene expression analyses of inflamed tissues, they pinpointed a subset of Th2 ...

Respiratory Allergies: Newly Discovered Molecule Plays a Major Role in Triggering Inflammation

Apr. 10, 2024 — One of the molecules responsible for triggering the inflammation that causes allergic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and allergic rhinitis, has ...

Gut Bacteria Important for Overcoming Milk Allergy

Mar. 14, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a link between gut bacteria and the success of milk-allergy oral immunotherapy. The study found that Bifidobacterium -- a genus of beneficial bacteria in the gut -- was ...

It's in the Blood: Donor Diets Can Trigger Allergic Reactions in Blood Recipients, Study Finds

Mar. 13, 2024 — Allergic transfusion reactions (ATRs), a potentially life-threatening side effect of blood transfusions with unclear mechanisms, may be linked to ...

A Safer Treatment Path for High-Risk Children to Overcome Food Allergies

Feb. 28, 2024 — New research reveals a safe path to overcoming food allergies for older children and others who can't risk consuming allergens orally to build up their resistance. It's called sublingual ...

Lockdowns Had an Impact on Gut Microbes and Allergies in Newborns, New Research Reveals

Feb. 29, 2024 — Lockdowns imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the gut microbiome development of babies born during these periods according to new ...

Drug Limits Dangerous Reactions to Allergy-Triggering Foods, Stanford Medicine-Led Study of Kids Finds

Feb. 25, 2024 — A drug that binds to allergy-causing antibodies can protect children from dangerous reactions to accidentally eating allergy-triggering foods, a new ...

Researchers Discover New Cell That Remembers Allergies

Feb. 7, 2024 — Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery: a new cell that remembers ...

'Exhalation' System Improves Symptoms for Most Common Form of Chronic Sinus Infections

Jan. 18, 2024 — An exhalation delivery system that uses a patient's own breath to carry the anti-inflammatory compound fluticasone (EDS-FLU) directly to the sinuses ...

Producing Tears in a Dish: Researchers Develop First Model of Human Conjunctiva

Jan. 11, 2024 — Scientists have produced an organoid model of the human conjunctiva. These organoids mimic the function of the actual human conjunctiva, a tissue involved in tear production. Using their new model, ...

Measuring Grass Pollen Allergens Instead of Grass Pollen Count Will Help Hay Fever Sufferers

Jan. 8, 2024 — Measuring airborne grass allergen levels instead of pollen counts will be more beneficial for hay fever sufferers as new research shows grass allergen levels are more consistently associated with hay ...

New Insights Revealed on Tissue-Dependent Roles of JAK Signaling in Inflammation

Dec. 21, 2023 — Researchers have gained a deeper understanding of the nuanced roles of JAK inhibitors, or modulators, in inflammation across various cell types and ...

A Type of Allergy Medicine Might Help Treat Lung Cancer

Dec. 6, 2023 — Researchers have identified an allergy pathway that, when blocked, unleashes antitumor immunity in mouse models of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). And in an early parallel study in humans, ...

Allergic Responses to Common Foods Could Significantly Increase Risk of Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Death

Nov. 9, 2023 — Allergic responses to common foods such as dairy and peanuts can increase the risk for heart disease and cardiovascular death as much or more than smoking, new research suggests. And these dangerous ...

Measuring Skin Water Loss Predicts Anaphylaxis During Food Allergy Tests

Nov. 7, 2023 — Measuring skin water loss during food allergy tests may help predict anaphylaxis and keep patients safe. The method aims to detect the life threatening reaction before epinephrine injections are ...

Specialized T Cells May Trigger Severe Asthma Attacks in Older Men

Oct. 23, 2023 — Scientists have uncovered a group of immune cells that may drive severe asthma. These cells gather in the lungs and appear to cause the most harm in men who develop asthma in later ...

Toddlers Allergic to Peanuts: Study Shows How Sublingual Immunotherapy Is Safe and Effective

Oct. 14, 2023 — A clinical study showed how Peanut Sublingual Immunotherapy (Peanut SLIT) is safe and effective in children ranging from 1-to-4 years of age. Remission of peanut allergy was also possible after three ...

Could the Nerve Cells That Scratch Be the Solution for Itch?

Oct. 13, 2023 — It can be a relief to scratch the occasional itch, but when itch gets out of control, it can become a serious health problem. How does the body know when to ...

Allergy Study on 'Wild' Mice Challenges the Hygiene Hypothesis

Sep. 29, 2023 — The notion that some level of microbial exposure might reduce our risk of developing allergies has arisen over the last few decades and has been termed the hygiene hypothesis. Now, an article ...

Genetic Biomarker May Predict Severity of Food Allergy

Sep. 20, 2023 — Researchers reported for the first time that a genetic biomarker may be able to help predict the severity of food allergy reactions. Currently there is no reliable or readily available clinical ...

Common Origin Behind Major Childhood Allergies

Aug. 29, 2023 — Several major childhood allergies may all stem from the community of bacteria living in our gut, according to a new study. The research identifies gut microbiome features and early life influences ...

Food Allergy in Infancy Linked to Childhood Asthma and Reduced Lung Function

July 25, 2023 — Having a food allergy as a baby is linked to asthma and reduced lung function later in childhood, according to a new ...

Early Peanut Introduction Gaining Traction Among US Parents

July 21, 2023 — In 2017, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a dramatic reversal in its approach to peanut-allergy prevention, recommending parents expose their infants as young as four months old to ...

New Research Shows Babies' Immunological Weak Spot and Strength

July 17, 2023 — Columbia researchers have found why babies are susceptible to repeated bouts of common respiratory infections--but also have a unique weapon to fight off new pathogens that healthy adults ...

Clinical Trial to Help Millions With Penicillin Allergies

July 17, 2023 — Many low-risk patients with a penicillin allergy were able to have their penicillin allergy label removed through a simple procedure known as 'direct oral challenge' as part of a ...

Mast Cells as a Sensor: Enigmatic Immune Cells Help Us Avoid Harmful Allergens

July 12, 2023 — The function of mast cells, which are part of the immune system, is still a mystery. Scientists have now shown in mice: mast cells function as a sensor that signals the animals to avoid antigens, ...

How the Immune System Can Alter Our Behavior

July 12, 2023 — Simply the smell of seafood can make those with an allergy to it violently ill -- and therefore more likely to avoid it. The same avoidance behavior is exhibited by people who develop food poisoning ...

Better Understanding of How Genes Make Us Prone to Allergies

June 15, 2023 — New research is bolstering scientific understanding behind why some people are more prone to allergies than others. Researchers have identified how genetic differences that alter a specific protein ...

Blocking Immune System 'Messenger' May Treat Severe Asthma

June 12, 2023 — Asthma is more dangerous than many people realize. An estimated 10 Americans die every day from asthma, and the disease leads to around 439,000 hospitalizations and 1.3 million emergency room trips ...