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Discovery of asthma cause could help treat sufferers
Insciences Organisation Scientists at the University of Bath have found a new cause of severe asthma that could help develop a treatment and potentially prevent the 1100 asthma deaths each year in the UK. Asthma is one of the most common allergic diseases and affects around … |
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Discovery Of Two Genetic Variants Indicates Potential Of New Asthma Treatment
Medical News Today Published in a special European Respiratory Society issue of The Lancet, two new genetic variants or loci that increase susceptibility to asthma have been identified in an international investigation. These discoveries add to the evidence that genes … Loci in ILR6, Chromosome 11q13.5 Tied to Asthma Risk Studies Link Asthma with Variations in IL6 Receptor Gene and Chromosome 11q13.5 |
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Genetic Discovery Suggests Arthritis Drug May Help Some Asthma Sufferers
ABC News New research into the genetics behind asthma risk suggests a potential new treatment for the debilitating disorder could be a drug also used for rheumatoid arthritis. Scientists led by Manuel Ferreira of the Queensland … Mutant genes found for asthma, point to possible therapy Two DNA regions reveal asthma propensity Asthma genetics discovery made in Queensland |
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Live Fish Used as Asthma 'Cure': Big Pic
Discovery News June 2, 2011 — Campaigners in India have demanded that children under 14 be banned from swallowing live fish in a traditional treatment for asthma administered at a festival every year in June. Hundreds of thousands of sufferers gather annually in … |
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Bacteria May Have Role in Asthma
Drug Discovery & Development People with severe asthma are more likely to have antibodies against the disease-causing bacteria Chlamydia pneumoniae than the general population and in some cases antibiotic treatment can greatly improve symptoms according to research presented today … |
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Discovery may reduce the damage of asthma
San Diego Union Tribune Most people with asthma can get relief from their symptoms by breathing in prescription steroids that reduce bronchial inflammation or other drugs that relax muscle tissue in the lungs. But the drugs don't work in everyone, especially in … |
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Stapled Peptides Show Promise Against Cancer, Asthma
Drug Discovery & Development In what they described as the opening of a new era in the development of potentially life-saving new drugs, scientists reported discovery of a way to tone down an overactive gene involved in colon cancer and block a key protein involved in asthma … |
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Hunter discovery world-first for asthma diagnosis
Newcastle Herald A HUNTER discovery being hailed as a world-first is set to revolutionise asthma diagnosis by using a simple blood test. It could eliminate the use of less precise or invasive clinical methods such as prescribing medication in response … |
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Taste Buds Found in Lungs
Discovery News The accidental finding that sounds like science fiction may actually offer succor to asthma patients. Scientists at the University of Maryland and Johns … Discovery of Taste Buds on Lungs Enabled Scientists to Make an Effective Drug … Discovery could lead to new asthma treatments 'Taste Buds' In Lung Tissue Could Help Ease Asthma Attacks |
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Discovery of Taste Buds on Lungs Enabled Scientists to Make an Effective Drug …
StarCityNews.com There are many diseases that cause harm to human lungs but the most common of them all is asthma, also known as chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. … Discovery could lead to new asthma treatments 'Taste Buds' In Lung Tissue Could Help Ease Asthma Attacks Lungs Have Bitter Taste Receptors That May Help Treat Asthma |
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