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2-Mar-2025

Omalizumab treats multi-food allergy better than oral immunotherapy

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The high rate of allergic reactions and other intolerable side effects of oral immunotherapy in the NIH-funded trial explained the superiority of omalizumab.

Journal

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Funder

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

28-Feb-2025

Rice researchers harness gravity to create low-cost device for rapid cell analysis

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers at Rice has developed an innovative AI-enabled, low-cost device that will make flow cytometry ⎯ a technique used to analyze cells or particles in a fluid using a laser beam ⎯ affordable and accessible.

Journal

Microsystems & Nanoengineering

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, Rice University

28-Feb-2025

Omitting race from lung function equations increases detection of asthma in Black children

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Continued use of outdated race-specific equations while diagnosing children with asthma symptoms limits the identification of reduced lung function in Black children.

Journal

JAMA Network Open

Funder

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

28-Feb-2025

The Wistar Institute discovers a promising target in brain cancer

The Wistar Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Wistar Institute's Filippo Veglia, Ph.D., and lab has discovered a previously unknown mechanism for how aggressive brain cancers reprogram immune system cells from fighting cancer to enabling further tumor growth.

Journal

Cancer Discovery

Funder

Ben & Catherine Ivy Foundation Emerging Adult Glioma Award, NIH/National Institutes of Health, PRIN 2022 grant, Sapienza University of Rome grant

28-Feb-2025

Cold sore discovery IDs unknown trigger for those annoying flare-ups

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have a new target to prevent cold sores -- and genital herpes flare-ups caused by the same virus -- after researchers discovered an unexpected way the herpes virus re-activates in the body.

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Owens Family Foundation, University of Virginia