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Genetic and molecular insights into dangerous tick bite-related meat allergy revealed

Scienmag

Scientists have revealed the genetic and molecular structure of key molecules linked to the sometimes life-threatening mammalian-meat allergy brought on by tick bites.

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Maternal Antibodies: How Allergies Can be Passed from Mothers to Children

XTalks

It has long been known that mothers greatly influence the development of the growing fetus by not only providing nutrients through the placenta, but also a growing list of biological elements including beneficial antibodies, gut bacteria and now, allergies. Related: Red Meat Allergy Test Gets FDA Clearance.

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Tackling food allergies at the source

Scienmag

Credit: Eliot Herman Food allergies are a big problem. suffer from some kind of food allergy. These allergies cost a whopping $25 billion in health care each year. About 7% of children and 2% of adults in the U.S. Then there’s the time lost at school or work.

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Researchers reveal genetic predisposition to severe COVID-19

Scienmag

HSE University researchers have become the first in the world to discover genetic predisposition to severe COVID-19. Credit: S.Nersisyan et al. The results of the study were published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology. T-cell immunity is one of the key mechanisms used by the human body to fight virus infections.

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Fewer Food Allergies in Kids If Mom Drinks Milk While Breastfeeding: Study

The Pharma Data

4, 2021 — Mothers who drink cow’s milk while breastfeeding may reduce their child’s risk of developing food allergies , a new Swedish study suggests. “Though the association is clear, we do not claim that drinking cow’s milk would be a general cure for food allergies,” she said in a university news release.

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Scientists develop mouse model to study mpox virulence

Medical Xpress

Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have removed a major roadblock to better understanding of mpox (formerly, monkeypox).

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High levels of lipids in blood found to protect against allergies

Medical Xpress

Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have published an article about this in Nature Communications. People with relatively high levels of lipids in their blood are less likely to develop allergic conditions such as eczema and asthma.