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Asthma: study may explain why some patients do not respond to treatment
Medical News Today Based on their results, the researchers suggest that blocking NPY activity in asthma patients could be a viable treatment option for the disease, offering hope to patients who fail to respond to current asthma medications. Panettieri notes that NPY … Scientists Say They Have Found 'Pathway' That Can Trigger Asthma |
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Study reveals new way lungs respond in asthma attacks
Science Daily The World Health Organisation estimates show that 235 million people worldwide currently suffer from asthma with over 80% of asthma deaths occurring in low and lower-middle income countries. The disease is predicted to increase worldwide over the next … |
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Decoded: How our lungs respond during asthma attacks
Economic Times "The fundamental biochemical process that we have discovered will ultimately allow us to better design ways to develop new treatments for those suffering from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)," said one of the researchers Andrew … |
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Hindustan Times |
New study reveals how lungs respond during asthma attacks
Hindustan Times A new method developed by scientists called biochemical process reveals how lungs operate during normal functioning and during asthma, a chronic respiratory condition marked by difficulty in breathing. The study conducted in mouse model reveals how air … How Our Lungs Respond During Asthma Attacks |
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NDTV |
How Our Lungs Respond During Asthma Attacks
NDTV "The fundamental biochemical process that we have discovered will ultimately allow us to better design ways to develop new treatments for those suffering from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)," said one of the researchers Andrew … |
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Medical Xpress |
Study reveals new way lungs respond in asthma attacks
Medical Xpress Obstruction of the lumen of a bronchiole by mucoid exudate, goblet cell metaplasia, and epithelial basement membrane thickening in a person with asthma. Credit: Yale Rosen/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 2.0. Scientists have discovered a new way in which the lungs … |
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Black children with asthma less likely to respond to intramuscular steroid
Healio Sergio Koo, MPH, of Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust in London, and colleagues evaluated 79 children with severe therapy-resistant asthma for several factors, including assessment of steroid response. Fifty-four (68%) of these children … |
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Times of India |
Severe asthma fails to respond to treatment
Times of India They used a computer model to identify links between interferon gamma and asthma-associated genes. As interferon gamma levels rose, the levels of a protein called secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) dropped. In follow-up experiments, the team … Study: Current treatments are not effective to treat severe asthma Study could point the way to new treatments for people with severe asthma |
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Medical Xpress |
Severe asthma fails to respond to mainstay treatment
Medical Xpress The immune response that occurs in patients with severe asthma is markedly different than what occurs in milder forms of the lung condition, according to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Those unique features could … |
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WSFA |
Gene may play part in how kids respond to asthma meds
WSFA {HealthDay News) — Researchers say they've identified a gene that affects whether children with asthma respond to corticosteroids. Corticosteroids are the most effective treatment for chronic asthma and acute asthma attacks, but some children don't … Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Pediatric Asthma … Children exposed to adverse childhood experience more likely to develop asthma |
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