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Key to potential new treatment for allergy-induced asthma identified
May 18, 2009 |
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In research that could lead to new asthma drugs, scientists at Yale School of Medicine, Hydra Biosciences of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the University of California, San Francisco have discovered that a protein may be ...
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Research reveals exactly how coughing is triggered by environmental irritants
Nov 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have revealed how environmental irritants such as air pollution and cigarette smoke cause people to cough, in research published today in the American Journal of Respiratory an ...
A scientist probes the origins of 'ouch!'
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Skinning a knee, swallowing habanero salsa, and installing snow chains bare-handed might seem pretty different at first. But all have one thing in common -- they're guaranteed to hurt.
Wasabi receptor can sense ammonia that causes pain
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Japanese research group, led by Prof Makoto Tominaga of National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan, found that the receptor for hot taste of WASABI, Japanese horseradish usually eaten with Sushi, can sense alkaline ...
Summer heat too hot for you? What is comfortable?
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Jul 29, 2008 |
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Extreme heat or cold is not only uncomfortable, it can be deadly—causing proteins to unravel and malfunction. For many years now, scientists have understood the molecular mechanisms that enable animals to sense dangerous ...
Researchers discover paradox about general anesthesia: It can increase post-surgical pain
Jun 24, 2008 |
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The general anesthesia that puts patients into unconscious sleep so they do not feel surgical pain can increase the discomfort they feel once they wake up, say researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center. They say ...
Smoking out the mediators of airway damage caused by pollutants
Jun 21, 2008 |
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New insight into how pollution and cigarette smoke damage airways has been provided by Pierangelo Geppetti and colleagues, at the University of Florence, Italy, who studied the effects of such chemicals on guinea pig airways. ...
Chlorine Triggers Protective Nerve Receptor
Apr 09, 2008 |
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Inhaling chlorine triggers a nerve receptor that protects healthy people by inducing sneezing, coughing, and irritation, but can cause major problems for people with asthma and other respiratory problems, ...
Study reveals new activation mechanism for pain sensing channel
Jan 22, 2007 |
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A group of scientists at the Scripps Research Institute has identified a mechanism that enables certain compounds to activate a pain sensing protein. The findings could lead to the development of potential new therapies for ...
Wasabi's kick linked to single pain receptor
Mar 24, 2006 |
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A single pain receptor is responsible for the kick delivered by garlic and mustard oil, which is the active ingredient in mustard and in the pungent green sushi condiment known as wasabi, according to a Yale ...
Mysteries of garlic are revealed
Aug 16, 2005 |
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University of California scientists have determined garlic's active ingredients work the same in the same way as the chemicals in chili peppers and wasabi.
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