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Fungal pill could provide asthma relief for sufferers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Up to 150,000 people suffering from severe asthma in the UK could benefit from taking antifungal medication already available from pharmacists, new research has found.





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Early exposure to indoor fungus molecules may protect infants against future allergies

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 30, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Maybe being a fussy housekeeper isn’t such a good thing after all. Environmental health scientists at the University of Cincinnati (UC) say they have confirmed what other scientists have only suspected: early-life exposure ...


Anti-fungal drug offers great benefits to some with severe asthma

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Some patients with severe asthma who also have allergic sensitivity to certain fungi enjoy great improvements in their quality of life and on other measures after taking an antifungal drug, according to new research from ...


Predicting fatal fungal infections

Predicting fatal fungal infections

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified cells in blood that predict which HIV-positive indivi ...


Genetic code cracked of organisms behind fungal disease

Genetic code cracked of organisms behind fungal disease

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists have unlocked the code for the building blocks of fungal organisms which are responsible for mild as well as potentially deadly infections in people.


Preventing allergies

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vaccination can lower children's risk of allergy. Cathleen Muche-Borowski and her coauthors present a clinical practice guideline for allergy prevention in the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch ...


Temporary infidelity may contribute to the stability of ancient relationships

Temporary infidelity may contribute to the stability of ancient relationships

Biology / Evolution

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Partner switching between fungus farming ants and their fungal clones during nest establishment may contribute to the stability of this long-term mutualistic relationship.


Do 3 meals a day keep fungi away?

Do 3 meals a day keep fungi away?

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The fact that they eat a lot - and often - may explain why most people and other mammals are protected from the majority of fungal pathogens, according to research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine ...


New way to fight drug-resistant fungal infections discovered

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The secret to fighting often lethal drug resistant fungal infections is to knock out the bug's molecular chaperone, according to U of T researchers.


Researchers at Case Western Reserve discover a new way the body fights fungal infection

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

A team of researchers led by Amy G. Hise, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, is the first to discover how the body fights off ...


Scientists identify genetic cause of previously undefined primary immune deficiency disease

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified a genetic mutation that accounts for a perplexing condition found in people with an inherited immunodeficiency. The disorder, called combined immunodeficiency, ...



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