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Article: Research: Novel compound may promise therapy for cat allergies
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 28, 2005
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Research: Novel compound may promise therapy for cat allergies
LOS ANGELES, March 27 (Xinhua)-- A molecule designed to block cat
allergies successfully prevented allergic reactions in laboratory
mice as well as in human cells in tests, US researchers said Sunday.
In a paper in the April issue of the journal Nature Medicine,
scientists at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) said
these promising results could lead to a new therapy not only for
human cat allergies, but also possibly for severe food allergies such
as those to peanuts.
The injectable treatment puts a brake on the release of a key
chemical from cells involved in cat allergy reactions. That chemical,
histamine, ...