A new UK study involving more than 600 babies shows that consumption of peanuts in the first year of life can prevent the development of peanut allergy in high-risk infants. The study, Randomized Trial of Peanut Consumption in Infants at …
Management of asthma in athletes: review article in NEJM
Athletes engaged in high-endurance sports are particularly vulnerable to various respiratory ailments, including asthma and rhinitis. In the article “Asthma and Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction in Athletes” in the February 12, 2015, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, AllerGen investigators …
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CIHR highlights Traffic pollution, Asthma and Genetics (TAG) Study
In a new web feature, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has highlighted the AllerGen-supported TAG Study as one of seven health-related NCE success stories. The TAG Study has been led by AllerGen investigators Drs Michael Brauer and Chris …
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Uric acid plays a role in peanut allergy
Allergy researchers at McMaster University have shown, for the first time, that uric acid is a critical signal for the induction of peanut allergy. The research team included AllerGen investigators Drs Manel Jordana, Susan Waserman and Mark Larché, as well …
New AllerGen investigator studies how babies’ first months affect development of disease
Dr. Meghan Azad, a former AllerGen trainee turned Network investigator, is working to understand the early-life origins of health and disease. Using data collected from AllerGen’s CHILD Study, Dr. Azad’s research focuses in on how breastfeeding and breast milk composition …
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Better estimates of food allergy prevalence
For years, experts have relied upon telephone surveys to estimate the number of Canadians with food allergies. But how do you accurately measure the prevalence of food allergies when people do not answer the phone or refuse to be surveyed? …
The “science” behind celebrity fads
In his new book Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong about Everything? When Celebrity Culture & Science Clash (Viking, Jan. 13, 2015), health science expert Professor Timothy Caulfield examines how our obsession with celebrity culture can cloud our thinking about health, diet, …
Teens want practical, “hands-on” food allergy education
Teenagers with food allergies would like hands-on practice using epinephrine auto-injectors and to role play scenarios about safe ways to eat out, travel and date, according to new Canadian research about teens learning preferences. Allergic teens participated in focus groups …
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Diesel exhaust affects genes of asthmatics
AllerGen researchers at The University of British Columbia (UBC) have published a new study in Particle and Fibre Toxicology, adding to their growing body of research about the relationship between exposure to diesel exhaust and asthma. Two hours of inhaling …
New asthma/allergy publications by AllerGen researchers
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) secretion from human nasal epithelium is a function of TSLP genotype (Hui, Akhabir, Sandford, Neighbour, Denburg et al.) Short-term diesel exhaust inhalation in a controlled human crossover study is associated with changes in DNA methylation of …
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The face of chiropractic: evidence-based?
A recent publication by AllerGen investigator Timothy Caulfield (University of Alberta law professor, Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy) and his colleagues, revealed the prominent trends and discourses used by the chiropractic profession in their online communication with …
SyMBIOTA team wins publication award for paper’s relevance to clinical practice
The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) has selected a 2013 paper by AllerGen researchers to receive the Bruce Squires Award. The award is “awarded annually to the author(s) of the research paper published in the journal (during the previous year) …
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