News tagged with anti histamines

Histamine H1 receptor breakthrough heralds improved allergy treatments

New 3D picture of human membrane protein enables development of targeted anti-histamines without side-effects.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists mine drugs database for new diabetes treatment

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have harnessed a new drug discovery tool to identify a new player in the body's insulin secretion process. This ...

Biology /

created Feb 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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Purple sea urchin metamorphosis controlled by histamine

Now that hay fever season has started, sufferers are well aware of the effect of histamines. However it is easy to forget that histamine is also a neurotransmitter involved in controlling memories, regulating ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Black rice bran may help fight disease-related inflammation

Scientists are reporting evidence that black rice -- a little-known variety of the grain that is the staple food for one-third of the world population -- may help soothe the inflammation involved in allergies, ...

Chemistry / Other

created Oct 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Multi-tasking molecule holds key to allergic reactions

As the summer approaches most of us rejoice, reach for the sunscreen and head outdoors. But an ever-growing number of people reach for tissue instead as pollen leaves eyes watering, noses running and spirits dwindling. Hay ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Latest research on allergies: Specific immunotherapy can help

The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care has assessed recent evidence on allergies. It found that the once controversial immune therapy against allergy symptoms can definitely help many people with allergies.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 11, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study finds parents use cough medicines on under-2s despite the warnings

More than 40 per cent of parents have used cough medicine for children younger than two – even though it is not recommended, nor proven effective for children in this age group, an Australia-first study has found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 15, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Cell that triggers symptoms in allergy attacks can also limit damage

A blood cell known as a troublemaker for triggering the itch and inflammation in allergy attacks, the mast cell, can also calm down the flare-ups, researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine have found.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 02, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers develop buckyballs to fight allergy

A research team has identified a new biological function for a soccer ball-shaped nanoparticle called a buckyball – the ability to block allergic response, setting the stage for the development of new therapies for allergy.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 20, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Potential new therapeutic target for asthma, allergies and cancer

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified how a bioactive molecule involved with allergy, inflammation and cancer is transported out of mast cells, according to findings published online this week in the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 17, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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