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Researchers find potential new target to treat asthma patients
News-Medical.net About 10 million Americans and more than 300 million people worldwide have asthma. The most common therapies now used with asthma patients address airway muscle contractions triggered by inflammation, but those treatment results are often temporary … |
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New target identified that can lead to potential therapies for Asthma
Zee News Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with collaborators in Korea and Scotland, have identified a novel signaling pathway critical to the immune response of cells associated with the initiation of allergic asthma. |
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ANINEWS |
New target identified that can lead to potential therapies for Asthma
ANINEWS Specifically, the scientists demonstrated that T helper 2 (Th2) type inflammations in allergic asthma involves dendritic cells (DC), a type of white blood cell, which trigger a reduction in the production of cyclic AMP or cAMP, a key messenger molecule … |
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Voice of America |
Scientists Find Potential Way to Treat Cold-triggered Asthma
Voice of America LONDON—. British scientists have identified a sequence of biological events that could trigger life-threatening asthma attacks in people suffering from colds — a finding that holds the potential for developing more effective medicines. In a study … Solving the mystery of why colds cause asthma attacks New Clues to How Colds Can Spur Asthma Attacks Why colds cause asthma attacks |
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Medical Xpress |
Study finds potential new target to treat asthma attacks brought on by colds
Medical Xpress Researchers analyzed murine lung sections, looking for expression of IL-25, which activates inflammation and is potentially important in virally-induced asthma. IL-25 was more highly expressed in the lungs of rhinovirus-infected mice compared to … |
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Fox News |
Scientists find potential way to treat cold-triggered asthma
Fox News British scientists have identified a sequence of biological events that could trigger life-threatening asthma attacks in people suffering from colds — a finding that holds the potential for developing more effective medicines. In a study published in … Solving the mystery of why colds cause asthma attacks New Clues to How Colds Can Spur Asthma Attacks Study finds potential new target to treat asthma attacks brought on by colds |
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Scientists find potential way to treat cold-triggered asthma
Reuters In a study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the researchers found that a small molecule, or 'cytokine', called IL-25 may play a central role in the effect that viruses causing colds have on people with asthma. According to the … |
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AstraZeneca makes small front-end bet on potential asthma drug
Philly.com (blog) Having fended off Pfizer – for now, at least – AstraZeneca struck a much smaller deal to license a potential asthma drug being developed by Synairgen. AstraZeneca is based in the United Kingdom – London for now, but moving the headquarters to Cambridge … AstraZeneca builds pipeline with $232 million Synairgen asthma deal AstraZeneca licenses IFN-beta therapy for viral-induced asthma exacerbation AstraZeneca extends global shopping spree with $232M asthma drug deal |
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Researchers Discover New Potential Antibody Treatment For Asthma
Science 2.0 Tuesday, May 20, 2014 (Hamilton, ON) – Researchers at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and McMaster University have successfully tested an antibody that can improve the quality of life for individuals with asthma by relieving inflammation in the lungs. |
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Guardian Liberty Voice |
Asthma Studies Find Potential New Treatment but Question Another
Guardian Liberty Voice Two new studies released independently this week have shed new information about the treatment of asthma. In one, a study found that vitamins that were thought to be associated with symptoms of the disease do not seem to be particularly effective. |
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