Daily non-political popular news in brief.

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

Environmental health scientists at the University of Cincinnati (UC) say they have confirmed what other scientists have only suspected: early-life exposure to certain indoor fungal components (molecules) can help build stronger immune systems, and may protect against future allergies.

Read more »

Keywords: exposure, indoor, fungus, molecules, protect, infants, future, allergies, fungu, molecule, infant, allergy

« Previous | Next »

Similar news on "Early exposure to indoor fungus molecules may protect infants against future allergies":

1. Friendly bacteria in alcoholic milkshake could fight food allergies
   10-15-2006 · EurekAlert!
   "Friendly" bacteria in kefir, a traditionally fermented milk drink, could protect against allergic responses. The drink inhibits the allergen specific antibody Immunoglobulin E (IgE) which can stimulate allergic responses, such as inflammation and constriction of airways. Kefir is easily digested, and ideal for weaning babies. This could be especially significant, as infants under the age of three are most susceptible to food allergies. Currently, there is no effective treatment availiable for food allergy.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
2. New Allergy Vaccine Provides Long-lasting Hay Fever Relief After Just 6 Weeks Of Shots
   10-06-2006 · ScienceDaily
   Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have successfully used an experimental DNA-based vaccine to protect against ragweed allergies, commonly known as hay fever, after just six injections. Patients receiving the vaccine showed an average 60 percent reduction in allergy symptoms compared to those receiving a placebo.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
3. Allergy Nanomedicine: Buckyballs dampen response of cells that trigger allergic reactions
   07-07-2007 · Science News Online
   Drugs based on soccer ball–shaped carbon molecules could one day help fight allergies.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
4. Different approach needed to protect brains of premature infants
   04-10-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A study of how the brain of a premature infant responds to injury has found vulnerabilities similar to those in the mature brain but also identified at least one significant difference, according to neuroscientists and neonatologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. More than two percent of babies are born before the completion of their eighth month of gestation, and up to half of these infants suffer brain injury.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
5. Helping muscle regenerate
   11-01-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Blocking a central signal molecule, researchers from the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, have found a way to protect muscle from degenerating after injury and to improve muscle healing in mice. The study appears in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation and suggests molecules with potential to speed up the regeneration of damaged muscle as promising drug targets for new therapies against muscle wasting.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
6. Children Of Allergy Sufferers Prone To Same Problem
   10-14-2006 · ScienceDaily
   Infants whose parents have allergies that produce symptoms like wheezing, asthma, hay fever or hives risk developing allergic sensitization much earlier in life than previously reported, according to a study by Cincinnati researchers.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
7. Children of allergy sufferers prone to same problem
   10-11-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Infants whose parents have allergies that produce symptoms like wheezing, asthma, hay fever or hives risk developing allergic sensitization much earlier in life than previously reported, according to a study by Cincinnati researchers.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
8. Newly found sensing system enables certain bacteria to resist human immune defenses
   06-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a component of the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a survival mechanism in a common type of bacteria that can cause illness. The mechanism lets the bacteria protect itself by warding off attacks from antimicrobial peptides, which are defense molecules sent by the body to kill bacteria.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
9. Potential new therapeutic target for asthma, allergies and cancer
   10-17-2006 · EurekAlert!
   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 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
10. Antioxidants could provide all-purpose radiation protection
    11-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
    Two common dietary molecules found in legumes and bran could protect DNA from the harmful effects of radiation, researchers from the University of Maryland report. Inositol and inositol hexaphosphate protected both human skin cells and a skin cancer-prone mouse from exposure to ultraviolet B radiation, the damaging radiation found in sunlight, the team reported today at the American Association for Cancer Research Centennial Conference on Translational Cancer Medicine.
    Similar news · Read more »