allergies
Large Study Finds Genetic Associations for Hay Fever
In the largest study of its kind to date, scientists have found new genetic associations for hay fever the most common type of allergy. The researchers uncovered 41 genetic associations with...
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The Shared Genetics of Allergies, Hay Fever and Eczema
Along with budding blossoms, sniffles and sneezing are another right of spring for millions of people with common allergies, and for humans it’s more than just a runny nose.Dandelion seeds...
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New research identifies more than a hundred immune-related genes associated with asthma and allergies
Researchers have identified new genomic regions associated with asthma, hay fever and eczema providing a deeper understanding about why these allergic diseases often occur together in people.
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New Research on the Shared Genetics of Autoimmune Disease and Allergies
In what researchers believe is the largest genome-wide association study ever done on the shared genetics of allergy and autoimmune diseases, scientists have identified genetic variants that influence risk for...
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A new methodology helps identify four new asthma risk genes
Sorting through hundreds of genetic risk variants for asthma, Australian scientists – with input and data from researchers at 23andMe – have identified an association between asthma and the expression...
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Dirt Don’t Hurt
A little farmyard dust might the difference in bolstering against asthma and allergies, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Although the study was very...
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Genetic variants found to Influence multiple traits and conditions
Researchers know that certain genes, or more accurately regions in our genes, are multitaskers, influencing a wide variety of traits and conditions that range from such things as the size...
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The Neanderthal Advantage
We might not give Neanderthals much respect, but modern humans probably owe our survival, at least in part, to our now-extinct short and burly ancient cousins. A new study by...
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23andMe And Drug Discovery
The sobering fact about drug development is that it takes too long and costs too much money. 23andMe wants to change all that. At the annual meeting of the American...
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Allergies And The Hygiene Hypothesis
Bolstering the theory that modern society’s fixation on cleanliness might actually be hurting the development of healthy immune systems in children, a new study published this week in the journal...
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