“Wheezy” children with a family history of asthma have reduced lung function and increased risk of asthma and other allergic conditions by age 15, according to a new Canadian study in JAMA Pediatrics. By showing that asthma-associated deficits in lung …
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A new study by a BC-based team of AllerGen researchers demonstrates for the first time that combined exposure to diesel exhaust and an allergen exacerbates the immune response in the bronchial submucosa of allergy-prone individuals. The study and its findings …
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Following the September 2015 death of a first-year Canadian university student from an anaphylactic reaction, new research explores the experiences and perceptions of food allergic undergraduate students. AllerGen Researcher Leader Dr. Susan Elliott and fourth-year student Alexandra Olarnyk, both at …
When is a baby’s microbiome first established? Is it at birth when an infant is exposed to its mother’s microbes and the environment? Or is it even earlier? A review paper by AllerGen researchers summarizes the growing evidence that human …
New AllerGen research that aims to understand the effects of traffic pollution on the lungs has shown that two hours of exposure to diesel exhaust causes an enhanced allergic response in sensitized individuals, particularly in those who are genetically susceptible. …
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A new study by AllerGen investigators compared the views of parents of young children with asthma and adolescents with asthma on factors they perceived to be important in asthma control. The AllerGen-funded study, published in the November 2015 issue of …
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New research by a team of AllerGen investigators has found that 7.5 per cent of Canadians—7.7 per cent of adults and 6.9 per cent of children under 18 years of age—self-report having at least one food allergy. The estimates are …
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New research using data from participants in the CHILD Study explores the impact on the infant gut microbiota of the use of maternal antibiotics during childbirth, and examines whether or not breastfeeding modifies these effects during the infant’s first year of …
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A new study, 30 September 2015 in Science Translational Medicine, found that infants at high risk of developing asthma had low levels of four specific gut bacteria in the first three months of life. It is the first research to …
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Anaphylaxis accounts for a substantial proportion of the cases managed by paramedics in Outaouais, Quebec, new Canadian research reveals. Among 23,486 ambulance calls requiring transportation to hospital over a 12-month period in the Outaouis region, 104 cases or 0.44% were …
A new publication by AllerGen investigators reports the experiences of stigma among food allergic children in Ontario schools in the context of Sabrina’s Law. The study, “Disclosing food allergy status in schools: health-related stigma among school children in Ontario,” published …
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Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is an important molecule in the lungs that protects lung cells from inhaled pollutants, microbes and allergens. In a new study published in Respiratory Research, AllerGen researchers report that SP-D in asthmatics differs from that found …
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