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01-07-2009, 08:09 AM
American Asthma Foundation Announces Breakthrough Discovery
Common House Dust Mites Trigger Asthma Attacks by Tricking the Immune System
American Asthma Foundation Announces Breakthrough Discovery
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Asthma Foundation announced a research breakthrough that explains why tiny, household pests called dust mites are a major source of airborne allergens for patients with allergic asthma.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090106/AQTU532)
Dean Smith, Executive Director of the American Asthma Foundation, explains that "although dust mites are known to trigger asthma attacks, until now we did not know why the allergic response to the mites was so strong." The mystery was solved as a result of research funded by the American Asthma Foundation's Strategic Program for Asthma Research (SPAR). The results were published December 7, 2008 on http://www.nature.com, the on-line edition of Nature, a prestigious scientific journal. The lead investigator, Dr. Christopher Karp, and his colleagues found that house dust mites trick the immune system into believing that it is facing a bacterial infection. Thus misinformed, the immune system mounts a strong allergic response to the mites, a response that can trigger asthma attacks.
...... remainder of article can be found a link below.
http://www.americanasthma.org.
Website: http://www.americanasthma.org/
http://sev.prnewswire.com/health-care-hospitals/20090106/AQTU53206012009-1.html
http://www.newscom.com/db/PRN/prnphotos/docs/077/875.thm
Common House Dust Mites Trigger Asthma Attacks by Tricking the Immune System
American Asthma Foundation Announces Breakthrough Discovery
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Asthma Foundation announced a research breakthrough that explains why tiny, household pests called dust mites are a major source of airborne allergens for patients with allergic asthma.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090106/AQTU532)
Dean Smith, Executive Director of the American Asthma Foundation, explains that "although dust mites are known to trigger asthma attacks, until now we did not know why the allergic response to the mites was so strong." The mystery was solved as a result of research funded by the American Asthma Foundation's Strategic Program for Asthma Research (SPAR). The results were published December 7, 2008 on http://www.nature.com, the on-line edition of Nature, a prestigious scientific journal. The lead investigator, Dr. Christopher Karp, and his colleagues found that house dust mites trick the immune system into believing that it is facing a bacterial infection. Thus misinformed, the immune system mounts a strong allergic response to the mites, a response that can trigger asthma attacks.
...... remainder of article can be found a link below.
http://www.americanasthma.org.
Website: http://www.americanasthma.org/
http://sev.prnewswire.com/health-care-hospitals/20090106/AQTU53206012009-1.html
http://www.newscom.com/db/PRN/prnphotos/docs/077/875.thm