Drugs to Work on Allergen rather than Allergy Sufferer
Researchers are working towards the development of drugs that will stop allergens from entering the body, thereby rendering them harmless//. Professor David Garrod said the research - recently shortlisted for the Northwest Regional Development Agency's Bionow Project of the Year - takes a completel...Mouse Allergen Found In Homes Could Trigger Asthma In Kids
The amount of mouse allergen found in the air in many inner-city homes could be significant enough to trigger asthma symptoms // in children say researchers. According to researchers children living in inner-city homes are continuously exposed to the allergy-causing substance found in mouse urin...Food Allergy Facts Need More Focus
...a cure for food allergy. More than 40 percent wrongly said that life-threatening allergic reactions could be prevented through means other than strict allergen avoidance, the researchers noted. "The public's food allergy knowledge and awareness is critical to the safety of children with food allergy, espec...Bad Air Day Alert: Outdoor Air Pollutants at High Level
... To increase your airflow and help control humidity levels, move furniture away from walls and opening closet doors. Finally, identify known outdoor allergen sources and remove them from landscaping around the home. CHANGE your old vacuum bag with one that contains a HEPA filter. Che...Explorer's Bounty Unveils New Line of Tribal Stone Crackers
...nce Certified Yuca. In addition to being 100% certified organic and authentic, these artisan-baked crackers have no added sweeteners, are gluten free, allergen and fat free as well as vegan friendly. A starchy tuberous root, Yuca (also known as cassava) has earned the distinction of being the third ...Kids May 'Learn' to Tolerate Food Allergens
...duals are able to get to high doses of the food used in treatment," Sicherer said. Sublingual immunotherapy works by placing an extract of the food allergen under the child's tongue. The membranes of the mouth absorb trace amounts of the allergen, absorbing just enough to desensitize the immune system with...Pennsylvania Department of Health Receives Recovery Funds for New Healthy Homes Program
...Healthy Homes Foster Care Program also will: Educate families about injury prevention and environmental health hazards; Reduce allergen and moisture levels in homes receiving remediation; Reduce the number of asthmatic episodes of participating residents; and Increase p...Stallergenes: New Study VO 56 Highly Positive Results Conducted in an Allergen Challenge Chamber
ANTONY, France, August 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Oralair(R) Grasses 300IR Highly Positive Clinical Results in a Pharmacodynamic Study Conducted in an Allergen Challenge Chamber Stallergenes S.A. announces the highly positive results of a new study conducted in an Allergen Challenge Ch...Fovea Reports Positive Results with Prednisporin(TM) in Persistent Allergic Conjunctivitis
...) trial was conducted using the Enviro-CAC(TM) which is an evolution of the standard clinical model for ocular allergy, Ora's proprietary Conjunctival allergen Challenge (CAC) which has been used for development and approval of 14 ocular allergy products. For more information, please visit www.oraclini...Circassia's Allergy Therapy Begins Phase II Clinical Trial in Asthma Patients
...or Circassia. Its state-of-the-art manufacturing fits with changes in the European regulatory environment, where authorities are increasingly treating allergen immunotherapies as pharmaceutical products, and eliminating the batch-to-batch potency variability that is an intrinsic feature of many currrent treat...Circassia Initiates Further Phase II Clinical Study of Toleromune(R) Anti-Allergy Technology
...signed to enhance the patients' response and determine the best therapeutic approach. During the study, patients will receive a controlled dose of cat allergen in an environmental exposure chamber both before and after treatment, and will then complete a questionnaire to score their allergic rhinitis symptoms...Circassia Achieves Successful Phase II Clinical Results With Toleromune(R) Anti-Allergy Technology
...can substantially reduce allergic reactions to the allergen that causes most cat allergies, and importantly wa...eceived a microscopic dose of cat dander (the main allergen responsible for cat allergies) into their skin sev...ute had markedly reduced skin reactions to the cat allergen at all of the five dose levels tested compared wit...ISTA Pharmaceuticals Announces New Phase III Clinical Findings to Support Bepreve NDA Filing
...reliminary analysis of its second and final Bepreve(TM) (bepotastine ophthalmic solution) Phase III clinical study. The U.S. multi-center conjunctival allergen challenge (CAC) study evaluated the onset and duration of effect of two Bepreve concentrations in 130 patients with a history of ocular allergies. Bot...The Clorox Company's new indoor allergen product reduces common indoor allergens up to 90 percent
OAKLAND, Calif., September 8, 2008For allergy sufferers, the choice all too frequently has come down to living without pets or curtains or anything that could trigger indoor allergens. Today, The Clorox Company extends its Anywhere® product line with the launch of Clorox® Anywhere® An...Increased allergen levels in homes linked to asthma
Results from a new national survey demonstrate that elevated allergen levels in the home are associated with asthma symptoms in allergic individuals. The study suggests that asthmatics that have allergies may alleviate symptoms by reducing allergen exposures inside their homes. The work was carrie...IPM reduces cockroaches and allergens in schools
... cockroach allergens, especially among inner-city children. A new study in the May issue of Journal of Medical Entomology entitled "German Cockroach allergen Levels in North Carolina Schools: Comparison of Integrated Pest Management and Conventional Cockroach Control" shows that using integrated pest manage...Malfunction of the respiratory epithelium is a cause of allergy?
...y what happens in the epithelium immediately after allergen exposure, before the allergic reaction develops. They used birch pollen allergen (Bet v 1) exposure and showed that this allergen binds to, enters and travels through conjunctival ...Toxicology program features wide range of human health and environment topical sessions
...p. There is growing concern that the introduction of a novel protein into the food supply could result in the unintentional introduction of a new food allergen and could pose a risk to susceptible individuals. Toxicologists will explore this issue and talk about a number of strategies that have been used to h...Even natural perfumes may cause allergies
...o be only slightly allergenic. However through autoxidation and reaction with skin enzymes, the substance is activated and becomes the closely related allergen geranial. This is the first time these activation pathways have been demonstrated for the substance. It is important to investigate how perfumes re...Molecular mechanism of anaphylactic shock decoded
...ght on by medication, insect stings, or other allergens, which has become more frequent in recent decades. In sensitized persons, the presence of the allergen leads to the release of various substances (mediators) from immune cells in the blood. These mediators, e.g. histamine or leukotriene, cause an abrupt...Scientists developing food allergy treatment
...eat impact on their quality of life." Attempted treatment with allergen-specific immunotherapy, where a patient received monthly injections with an allergen extract for three to five years, failed because it could cause anaphylaxis as a side effect. Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction involving th...Lab test for allergy scoops national
... a patient and the researchers are hoping it could also be developed as a diagnostic tool for parasitic infections. It works by adding tiny dots of allergen molecules to paper on a glass slide. A drop of the patient's blood is added before the slide is incubated with the cells causing the symptoms of aller...Expert recommends town councils to design low-allergy impact green spaces
... it comes to design urban green spaces. "All of them have been described as allergen plants, and they provoke serious damage to the people who suffer such probl...ngines may remain adherent to the surface of pollen grains increasing their allergen activity) are other of the factors which contribute to the allergic nature ...Stallergenes Inaugurates the Biggest Pharmaceutical Allergen Production Unit in the World
ANTONY, France, September 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stallergenes S.A. officially inaugurates its new pharmaceutical production unit, located in the Paris area. Designed to comply with the most stringent EMEA (European Medicines Agency) and FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) standards, ...Neogen Reports 16% Increase in Revenues
...f currency translation, Food Safety's organic growth was 11%. Neogen's food allergen product line had another outstanding year of growth, with sales increasing ...40% over the prior year. The dramatic increase in sales of each of Neogen's allergen tests is attributable to food producers increasing efforts to ensure that i...Aerovance Secures $38 Million in Equity Financing
...nical data from two Phase IIa studies in which Aerovant demonstrated significant benefit in asthmatics who were experimentally challenged with inhaled allergen ( The Lancet 2007, 370: 1422-31). The dry powder formulation that will be used in AeroTrial was well tolerated in a recently completed Phase I...Neogen Reports Record Third Quarter
...new and improved products are either now ready for the marketplace, or are in their final stages of development. These products include a new soy food allergen test that will detect soy protein in milk, a new simple dipstick test for the mycotoxin fumonisin, a new dairy antibiotic test for the international m...Video: Experts Unite to Help People Manage Spring Nasal Allergy Sneezin'
... so you do not bring along the pollen, or better yet, leave pollen-covered shoes outdoors. Leave pollen outside. It's better not to let the allergen in your home than to try to remove it once it's there, so do not rely too much on air purifiers. Keep your windows and doors closed, especially on day...Neogen Reports Best Quarter in Its 26-Year History
...ir products. An increased use of test kits to detect dairy milk allergens in soy milk contributed significantly to the overall growth in sales of food allergen test kits. Sales of Neogen's Soleris(TM) general microbial detection system, including single-use disposable vials used in conjunction with Neo...