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First broadscale study finds trees saving lives, reducing respiratory problems.
In the first broad-scale estimate of air pollution removal by trees nationwide, U.S. Forest Service scientists and collaborators calculated that trees are saving more than 850 human lives a year and...
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Genetic damage caused by asthma shows up in circulating blood stream.
Asthma may be more harmful than was previously thought, according to UCLA researchers who found that genetic damage is present in circulating, or peripheral, blood. Doctors previously thought that the...
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Researchers identify protein responsible for post-viral asthma in young...
Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) have linked a specific protein to the development of post-viral infection asthma, which is the first step in generating a novel type of asthma...
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Researchers identify the mechanism cystic fibrosis uses to thicken mucus in...
A team led by UC San Francisco has discovered why mucus in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) is thick, sticky and difficult to cough up, leaving these patients more vulnerable to lung...
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Study successfully targets nerve endings to curb allergic asthma in animal...
Current asthma medications, which work by suppressing inflammatory signaling by immune cells or by dilating the airways, can stop working over time. Now, a new study from Boston Children’s Hospital,...
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Four gut bacteria shown to decrease asthma risk in infants, validate...
Asthma rates have increased dramatically since the 1950s and now affect up to 20 per cent of children in western countries. In children ages 5-14 years, the rate of death from asthma almost doubled...
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Novel nanoparticle acts like Trojan horse to halt asthma in animal model.
Allergies are characterized by inappropriate inflammatory responses to benign environmental antigens. Primary clinical approaches to allergic disease consist of symptom control or administration of...
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Olfactory receptors discovered in human bronchi.
Abnormalities in human airway smooth muscle cell function and structure play critical roles in chronic inflammatory airway diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cystic...
View ArticleResearchers identify neuronal colonies responsible for ‘itchiness’ in the...
Asthma, accompanied by lung inflammation, bronchoconstriction and airway hyper-responsiveness, is a significant public health burden. Currently, asthma treatments such as anticholinergics target the...
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