News tagged with histamine receptor

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

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

Use of acid-suppressive medications associated with increased risk of hospital-acquired pneumonia

Hospitalized patients who receive acid-suppressive medications such as a proton-pump inhibitor have a 30 percent increased odds of developing pneumonia while in the hospital, according to a study in the May ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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New molecule discovered in fight against allergy

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a new molecule that could offer the hope of new treatments for people allergic to the house dust mite.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Crystalizing the foundations of better antihistamines

Researchers in Japan have solved the structure of a complex between the antihistamine drug doxepin and its target receptor histamine H1 receptor (H1R)1. Led by So Iwata of Kyoto University and the RIKEN Systems ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cell component involved in triggering cat allergy

(PhysOrg.com) -- A breakthrough by scientists at The University of Nottingham could provide hope for any allergy sufferers who have ever had to choose between their health and their household pet.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Less is more when prescribing acid suppressive drugs for non-ICU patients

Over the last several decades, the prophylactic use of acid-suppressive medications to help prevent gastrointestinal bleeding (GI) in hospitalized patients has increased significantly, with some studies estimating that as ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than allergies: Histamine may be a possible drug target for multiple sclerosis

If you think histamines are your nemesis during allergy season, here's something that might change your perspective. New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that histamine could be an important molecu ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research Lends Hope for Patients With Rare Swelling Disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- The results of two recent clinical trials offer promising treatments for sufferers of the rare genetic disease hereditary angiodema, says Jonathan Bernstein, MD, an internationally recognized allergy specialist ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Up a little on the left... now, over to the right... Scientists find a source of nonallergic itch

Scratching below the surface of a troublesome sensation that's equal parts tingle-tickle-prickle, sensory scientists from Johns Hopkins have discovered in mice a molecular basis for nonallergic itch.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New Way To Predict Drug Side Effects

Predicting the side-effects of a drug is not simple task. The human body has more than 1,500 molecules that are known to be involved in various diseases, and often a drug designed to hit one of these targets will also hit ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Feel-good' hormone serotonin regulates blood sugar concentration

(PhysOrg.com) -- Diabetes is the most prevalent metabolic disease in developed countries and one that engenders - in addition to its high fatality - enormous health care costs. The physiological meaning of ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers identify itch-specific neurons in mice, hope for better treatments

Historically, many scientists have regarded itching as just a less intense version of pain. They have spent decades searching for itch-specific nerve cells to explain how the brain perceives itch differently from pain, but ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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