September 19, 2024 by University College Cork Skin prick test (SPT) levels of patients who had treatment success and treatment failure in both cohorts. Milk ladder in blue and Strick avoidance in green. Credit: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2024). DOI: 10.1111/pai.14195Researchers have demonstrated how a novel approach to managing cow’s milk allergy could transform how...
September 4, 2024 by Mass General Brigham T cells promote allergic itch through a secreted factor. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07869-0Why do some people feel itchy after a mosquito bite or exposure to an allergen like dust or pollen, while others do not? A new study has pinpointed the reason for these differences, finding the...
July 31, 2024 by James Cook University Credit: Nathan MateusJames Cook University researchers say food derived from crickets and flies can cause allergic reactions in people with existing shellfish allergy—and this is not consistently picked up by currently available testing methods. Their study is published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. Professor Andreas Lopata and...
by McMaster University Image depicting UMAP of mass cytometry data analyzing human B cell subsets. Credit: Depiction generated by David R. Glass, project lead by Joshua F.E. Koenig, Peter Sejer Andersen, Niels Peter H. Knudsen, Allyssa Phelps, and Kelly Bruton.Researchers with McMaster University and Denmark-based pharmaceutical company ALK-Abello A/S have made a groundbreaking discovery: a new...
by Deb Balzer, Mayo Clinic News Network Chemical structure of Penicillin G. The sulfur and nitrogen of the five-membered thiazolidine ring are shown in yellow and blue respectively. The image shows that the thiazolidine ring and fused four-membered β-lactam are not in the same plane. Credit: Public DomainPenicillin belongs to a group of antibiotics used...
by Samuel J. White and Philippe B. Wilson, The Conversation Credit: Darlene Alderson from Pexels Some people get allergy-like symptoms when drinking alcohol, but can you really be allergic to alcohol? Alcohol allergies are rare, with documented cases primarily involving a rash. However, what often perplexes people are the symptoms that mimic allergies, such as wheezing,...
By Lori Barrette, University of Rochester Medical Center That first sneeze and sniffle prompts you to reach for a tissue. The second and third—perhaps fourth and fifth—may send you to the medicine chest for relief. But, is it a cold? Or is it a spring allergy? Sorting that out is a challenge, says UR Medicine Primary...
by The Francis Crick Institute Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2021.11.006 Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have uncovered biological processes key to regulating immune cells that can cause allergic reactions unless closely controlled. They hope this insight into an understudied aspect of our immune system could help expose what goes wrong when the body develops allergies or...
by Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research addresses ongoing concerns regarding risks of allergic reactions after receiving mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, particularly for individuals with a history of severe allergic reactions. The JAMA Network Open study of employee vaccinations within the Mass General Brigham health care system revealed that although people with such a history reported...
With the help of algorithms, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified markers that can differentiate between irritant eczema and contact allergy, two skin reactions that look similar but require different treatment. Their findings, which are published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), support the further development of alternative...
