A new study models allergic lung inflammation and provides new insights into how asthma develops and progresses, with important implications for the most clinically advanced drugs designed to treat severe asthma.
Two research teams report the discovery of a new, rare type of cell in the human airway. These cells appear to be the primary source of activity of the CFTR gene, mutations to which cause cystic fibrosis.
An increase in the Lone Star tick population since 2006, and the ability to recognize the ticks as the source of ‘alpha gal’ allergy to red meat has meant significantly more cases of anaphylaxis being properly identified.
Inhaled vaporized cannabis does not appear to improve or worsen exercise performance and activity-related breathlessness in patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a randomized controlled trial.
While in search of the causes of allergies and asthma, a chance discovery has yielded new clues: researchers have ascertained that the enzyme guanylate cyclase in cells lays the foundations for the type of immune response. Allergic symptoms are more or less pronounced...
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