Racial gaps in children with asthma may be result of social inequalities in neighborhoods

African-American and poor children in the United States suffer disproportionately from asthma. But according to a new study from sociologists at Rice University, racial and socio-economic gaps in the proportion of children in Houston who have asthma may be a result of social inequalities in the neighborhoods where children live.....

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‘Asthma Attack’: Step Closer Treatment Through The Discovery Of Protein

The narrowing of airways during severe asthma attacks was linked to an active form of a key protein called HMGB1. The study was headed by Dr. Ruth Saunders from the University of Leicester Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation.
According to Science Daily, the new finding creates opportunity for the drug developers to create a product that specifically target the protein for the treatment of allergy non-allergic asthma attack. The study utilized mucous and airway muscle samples from people suffering mild to moderate asthma, severe asthma, and healthy volunteers. These volunteers were recruited from Leicester's Glenfield Hospital.....

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Here’s some good news for asthma sufferers

WASHINGTON: Improved treatments for people with severe asthma are a 'step closer' after a research team led by the University of Leicester identified a breakthrough in the cause of airway narrowing.
The study has been published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Scientists have, for the first time, discovered that an active form of a key protein, HMGB1, is increased and related to narrowing of the airway in people with severe asthma.
The finding will now enable drug makers to specifically target the protein in future treatment for non-allergy related asthma.....

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