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Study identifies molecule critical to asthma-causing cell's survival
USC News Scientists led by molecular immunologists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have identified a way to target a recently discovered cell type that causes asthma, opening the door to cure the chronic respiratory disease that affects 25 million Americans. |
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Many Often Silent About Asthma-Causing Agents at Work
KTIC And yet, as Jacek Mazurek of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health explains, many people who have contracted asthma at work are fearful of telling that to their physicians because it could affect their employment. In a study of over … |
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Crusading Architects Out Asthma-Causing Building Materials With Online Initiative
Huffington Post By fostering consumer awareness and pressuring the industry to find alternatives to hazardous building materials, the firm hopes to chip away at statistics like the 30000 people who die every year from asthma attacks. But Syrett sees an even greater … |
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Crusading Architects Out Asthma-Causing Building Materials With Online Initiative
ARTINFO Over a decade ago, when New York architect Peter Syrett and interior designer Chris Youssef were designing a cancer center for Brooklyn's Maimonides Hospital, the duo pitched a simple and inspired idea: to build a completely carcinogen-free facility. |
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Breathing Easy: LSU Biochemists Offer First 3-D Model Of Asthma-Causing …
RedOrbit But when it starts in the lungs and builds up to a full-fledged asthma attack, it can be downright deadly. Chronic inflammation has been directly associated … |
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Breathing easy: LSU biochemists offer first 3-D model of asthma-causing …
EurekAlert (press release) But when it starts in the lungs and builds up to a full-fledged asthma attack, it can be downright deadly. Chronic inflammation has been directly associated … |
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Eliminating the source of asthma-causing immune molecules
Asthma and other allergic diseases are caused by inappropriate immune responses. Soluble IgE molecules, produced by immune cells known as B cells, are key immune mediators of these diseases. A team of researchers has now developed a way to specifically eliminate IgE-producing B cells, providing a potential new long-lasting therapeutic approach to treat asthma and other allergic diseases.
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