Researchers Find Allergy-Free Soybean
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Plant geneticist Ted Hymowitz knew that finding an allergy-free soybean would take a painstaking search through thousands of varieties. So Hymowitz got a grant, fetched a hammer and pounded away until he proved he was right.
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NEW YORK  - Vaccination with the DNA of substances that trigger allergies, using a &quot;gene gun,&quot; can prevent the over-production of the type of antibodies that cause allergic symptoms, experiments in mice show.
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In the first trial of its kind, Austrian researchers have achieved success with an allergy vaccine using genetically engineered pollen. The findings are reported in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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NEW YORK  - A daily serving of soy may help postmenopausal women avoid gaining fat around the middle, preliminary research suggests.
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Nov. 12, 2004 - An experimental treatment for peanut, milk, and wheat allergies appears to have fared well in lab tests on dogs, markedly reducing the severe allergic response in these animals, say California researchers.
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A protein traditionally thought of as troublesome actually helps to minimise the effects of asthma, scientists say.
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Virginia soybean growers were not unprepared when the US Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that soybean rust, an aggressive and devastating fungal disease, had been detected in Louisiana.
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A University of Michigan study says changes in the bacteria and fungi (microflora) in the gastrointestinal tract may intensify immune system response to common allergens inhaled into the lungs.
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Bad case of hay fever? Eat more rice.  Japanese scientists have developed a genetically modified  strain of rice they say will help alleviate the symptoms of an  affliction that causes misery each year for some 10 percent of  Japan's population.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- The plant estrogens found in soy don't impair fertility in female monkeys.
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BATON ROUGE, La. The first US cases of soybean rust have turned up at two research sites in Louisiana. The fungus creates reddish-brown blotches on leaves.
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NEW YORK  - Houseplants could be the source   of many an allergy sufferer's misery, a study from Belgium   suggests.
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Hopes of developing a food allergy vaccine have been raised after successful trials of a vaccine on dogs. Researchers found the vaccine made the dogs up to 100 times less susceptible to developing allergic reactions.
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Children who eat goodly amounts  of whole grain products and fish seem to have a reduced risk of  developing asthma, according to findings published in the  medical journal Thorax.
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CHICAGO -- Breast-feeding helps prevent babies' allergies, but there's no good evidence for avoiding certain foods during pregnancy, using soy formula or delaying introduction of solid foods beyond six months. That's the word from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is updating earlier...
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The first US cases of Asian soybean rust, a fungus that hinders plant growth and drastically cuts crop production, were found at two research sites in Louisiana, officials said Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Cow's milk allergy persists longer than previously reported, and the majority of children may retain the sensitivity into school age, study findings suggest.