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Article: Molecular 'clash' might trigger allergic conditions like asthma
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- June 30, 2008
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Melbourne, June 30 -- Scientists from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia have made a molecular discovery, which they claim, might shed light on extreme allergic reactions in some people and offer up a new treatment for the growing problem.
The team conducted experiments in a laboratory test tube and found that allergic conditions like asthma might be triggered by a "clash" between two molecules in the immune system.
One of the two molecules was already known to be very important in allergies. However, the finding - that the other molecule is also involved, and that the two react to each other - has ...