New research reveals hidden inflammation chemicals in asthma that rise with symptom severity and may allow earlier, simpler ...

A new study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital reveals the mechanisms behind severe inflammation in asthma. The findings demonstrate that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), a naturally occurring ...

Joshua A. Boyce, MD, chief of the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in Immunity, "Mast Cells Control Lung Type 2 ...

Researchers at National Jewish Health and colleagues have identified a mechanism involved in the formation of mucus plugs in asthma. Mucus plugs are thick, sticky accumulations of mucus that can form ...

New severe asthma biomarkers linked to lipid oxidation may transform non-invasive disease monitoring and treatment strategies ...

As the English poet John Donne famously wrote in 1624, “No organ is an island.” Or at least, that’s what he would have written if he had been a psychoneuroimmunologist instead of a poet. Today, ...

Subcutaneous allergen-specific immunotherapy has long been used in allergic rhinitis and/or asthma and has been recognized to be efficacious. However, owing to the inconvenience of injection and the ...

Researchers at DTU have patented a new invention that uses naturally produced substances from bifidobacteria in the gut to help lower the risk of allergies and asthma. Allergies and asthma are ...