New research in mice has shown that food-induced anaphylaxis is driven by distinct immune pathways involving inflammatory lipids called leukotrienes. The findings, published across two separate ...

Study authors Drs. Stephanie Eisenbarth and Adam Williams weighing peanuts used in food allergy testing in their lab at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Scientists blocked a newly ...

A drug used for asthma has been found to treat food allergies "shockingly well", in a breakthrough that could offer new protection for millions affected. This is the discovery of Northwestern Medicine ...

A drug already FDA-approved for asthma was found to nearly eliminate life-threatening allergic reactions to food allergens in mice - a breakthrough that could lead to new protection for millions of ...

Three G protein–coupled receptors, the cysteinyl leukotriene receptors 1, 2, and 3 (CysLTR1, CysLTR2, and CysLTR3), mediate the effects of the cysteinyl leukotrienes in vivo. (Each receptor has a ...

Northwestern Medicine researchers have an asthma drug that could nearly eliminate life-threatening allergic reactions. The already federally approved asthma drug, zileuton (sold under the brand name ...

Yale University School of Medicine reports that cysteinyl leukotrienes released by intestinal mast cells are essential for anaphylaxis after food ingestion in mice, while responses to intravenous ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...