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Asthma
Report: Singapore researchers develop gene-based asthma vaccine
August 6th, 2004
Singapore researchers have developed an asthma vaccine using a dust mite gene, a newspaper reported. Most asthma sufferers in tropical and subtropical countries are allergic to dust mites, the Straits Times said. A 20-member research team at the National University of Singapore has finished testing the vaccine on mice, the report said. The researchers had removed a gene from dust mites and injected it into mice, which were later found to be immune to asthma-causing allergens, the paper quoted team leader Chua Kaw Yan as saying. "When injected into the muscle cell of humans, it will turn that cell into a...
Source: Genomics & Genetics Weekly (2004-08-06)
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