Newly found genes affecting allergies and asthma could provide new drug targets – HSPH News


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Newly found genes affecting allergies and asthma could provide new drug targets
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Boston, MA – Allergies affect 30% of people around the world and asthma afflicts 10% of all children. Now, a new study has uncovered more than 30 genes that have strong effects on allergies, asthma, and Immunoglobulin E (IgE)—an antibody that triggers …

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Study Highlights Drug Targets for Allergies, Asthma – Drug Discovery & Development


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Study Highlights Drug Targets for Allergies, Asthma
Drug Discovery & Development
Illustration of a DNA molecule that is methylated at two sites in the centre. Source: (Max Planck Institute for Informatics) Asthma affects one child in 10 in the UK, and allergies may affect one third of the population. The new findings could lead to
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Public Release: 18-Feb-2015 Epigenetic study highlights drug targets for … – EurekAlert (press release)


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Public Release: 18-Feb-2015 Epigenetic study highlights drug targets for
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Scientists have discovered over 30 new genes that predispose people to allergies and asthma, some of which could be targets for new drugs. Asthma affects one child in 10 in the UK, and allergies may affect one third of the population. The new findings
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Epigenetic study highlights drug targets for allergies and asthma – Medical Xpress


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Epigenetic study highlights drug targets for allergies and asthma
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The researchers analysed white blood cells from families with asthma in the UK to see whether methylation levels in certain parts of the genome were correlated with the level of IgE in the blood. To be sure of their results, the researchers tested
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Study from Health Department, Montefiore Medical Center targets rodents, pests … – New York Daily News


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Study from Health Department, Montefiore Medical Center targets rodents, pests
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Asthma relief might be as simple as ridding the house of roaches and mice. Researchers from the city Health Department and Montefiore Medical Center are recruiting low-income Bronx children with the respiratory ailment for a new study to test if pest

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