New research has found that cities are experiencing longer pollen seasons due to climate change. Using up to 3 decades of data, researchers examined pollen concentrations in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and regional Victoria to determine the impacts of weather patterns and climate change. Associate Professor Nicholas Osborne from UQ’s School of Public Health said while levels […]
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The worst hay fever is coming – “We’re in the calm before the storm. The tree pollen peak is over and the grass pollen peak hasn’t arrived yet so it’s easy to get complacent. But with 95% of sufferers allergic to grass pollen, which will be at its peak in a few short weeks, now […]
Targeted micronutrition ameliorates allergy symptoms: Micronutrient deficiencies can promote inflammation and render the immune system particularly sensitive to allergenic substances. In particular, iron deficiency signals danger to immune cells and leads to a more pronounced, exaggerated immune response. For the first time, scientists at the Messerli Research Institute of MedUni Vienna, Vetmeduni Vienna and the […]
Chronic hepatitis B infections represent a global health problem that could hitherto only be treated by chemotherapy. A team of researchers led by Rudolf Valenta from MedUni Vienna’s Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology has now demonstrated that a protein contained in the BM32 vaccine against grass pollen allergy induces antibodies that prevent the hepatitis […]
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