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Agilent Technologies introduces advanced zebrafish, mouse microarrays for stem cell and developmental biology research

...eople die each year - about 90 worldwide - from an allergic reaction to eating peanuts. Despite several attacks in Florida recently - one that killed a 14-year-old girl - shark attacks remain very rare when you put it all into perspective, McEachran believes. "There are millions of people in the water at an...

New HIV drug candidate developed in Sweden

...eople die each year - about 90 worldwide - from an allergic reaction to eating peanuts. Despite several attacks in Florida recently - one that killed a 14-year-old girl - shark attacks remain very rare when you put it all into perspective, McEachran believes. "There are millions of people in the water at an...

Shark attack worries? Driving to the beach is more deadly

...eople die each year - about 90 worldwide - from an allergic reaction to eating peanuts. Despite several attacks in Florida recently - one that killed a 14-year-old girl - shark attacks remain very rare when you put it all into perspective, McEachran believes. "There are millions of people in the water at an...

Chemicals in tattoo inks need closer scrutiny

...oo inks cause adverse effects in people, including allergic reactions to ink components, a burning sensation during the course of MRIs, and the migration of inks to different tissues in the body, such as the lungs. It is unclear, however, what the specific causes of these reactions might be, and the only way...

Potential treatments for neurofibromatosis

...mmune system cells that are involved in asthma and allergic reactions. Mast cells play a role in neurofibromatosis because they also are involved in blood vessel formation -- and tumors need blood vessels in order to grow. "We are beginning to have a better understanding of cell to cell interactions that lea...

Artifical cornea lets woman blind 20 years see

A severe allergic reaction to a medication robbed Elma Phifer of her vision two decades ago when she was 39. The reaction scarred her corneas and reduced the ability of her eyes to soothe their damaged surfaces by remaining moist. She came to rely upon family and fri...

Asthma gene clusters identified

...rent factors, such as exercise, viral infection or allergic triggers. In doing so, physicians will be in a better position to assess and treat a patient's asthma with greater precision. "As we learn more about disease and how patients respond to treatment, we will eventually be able to develop customized the...

FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Type I and Type II Diabetes

...have gastroparesis (slow stomach emptying), or are allergic to pramlintide acetate, metacresol, D-mannitol, acetic acid, or sodium acetate. Side effects associated with Symlin include but are not limited to nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, fatigue and dizziness. Symlin has not been evaluated in t...

Novel Therapy Tested in Mice Could Chase Away Cat Allergies

...gned to block cat allergies successfully prevented allergic reactions in laboratory mice, as well as in human ... that 14 percent of children 6 to 19 years old are allergic to cats. The treatment comprises a molecule that loosely tethers a feline and a human protein toget...

Inflammatory molecules released by pollen trigger allergies

How do pollen particles provoke allergic reactions? A new study in the February 21 issue of...ble protein by immune cells that normally inhibits allergic reactions. They went on to identify the compound in the pollen extracts that caused the inhibitory r...

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