allergy related News
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TargetSolutions’ EMS Continuing Education Course Examines Emergency Care for Allergies and Anaphylaxis
TargetSolutions’ EMS Allergies and Anaphylaxis Basic training course covers the topics of allergy-related incidents and the appropriate care needed in such situations. Allergic reactions can develop as simple irritations, but quickly mobilize into life-threatening emergencies. EMS responders are tasked with determining the severity of the condition as emergency medical care and rapid ...
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EPA grant to University of Chicago for research on food allergy triggers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $433,100 grant to the University of Chicago to investigate how allergic reactions to food are initiated. The research is expected to lead to improved methods to assess whether pesticides produced in genetically engineered plants can trigger food allergies, which impact more than 11 million Americans each year. The study is funded through ...
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Meet the Molds - Important aeroallergens in allergy testing
Despite being defined more than 100 years ago; atmospheric molds have remained undervalued as an important aeroallergen in allergy testing. Of the estimated number of more than 1 million different fungal species, approximately 80 species have been linked with respiratory allergy. However, epidemiologic studies have suggested that the prevalence of allergies to molds is less than 3% in an allergic ...
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Road pollution blamed for higher allergy risk in children
New evidence blames traffic-related pollution for increasing the risk of allergy and atopic diseases among children by more than fifty percent. What's more, the closer children live to roads, the higher their risk. '[Children] living very close to a major road are likely to be exposed not only to a higher amount of traffic-derived particles and gases but also to a more freshly emitted aerosols ...
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Creative BioMart Established a Novel Sub-brand Creative BioMart Recombinant Allergen
Creative BioMart, an internationally recognized leading supplier of recombinant proteins, recently established a novel sub-brand “Creative BioMart Recombinant Allergen” that focuses on allergen-related study. Allergy is a common hypersensitivity disease in the world. It can be treated by allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT). Natural allergen extracts do not meet the regulatory ...
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