Calcium Hexaboride – a compound of calcium and boron Calcium hexaboride (occasionally calcium boride) is a calcium-boron molecule having the chemical formula CaB6. It is an essential material because of its high electrical conductivity,…
Niobium Dioxide – a chemical compound Niobium dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula NbO2. It is a bluish-black non-stoichiometric solid whose composition ranges from NbO1.94 to NbO2.09. It can…
Gut Bacteria are helpful for Overcoming Milk Allergies Researchers at Japan’s RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, led by Hiroshi Ohno, have established a relationship between gut flora and the efficacy of milk…
Respiratory Allergies – a Newly Identified Chemical has a significant role in initiating Inflammation Scientists from the CNRS, Inserm, and Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier – have just uncovered one of the molecules responsible for activating the inflammation…
Bismuth Germanium Oxide Bismuth germanium oxide or bismuth germanate is an inorganic chemical compound of bismuth, germanium and oxygen. It is a compound with interesting properties, primarily used…
Nitrosyl Cyanide Nitrosyl cyanide, a blue-green gas, is the compound with the molecular formula ONCN. The compound has been invoked as a product of the oxidation of…
Potential Causes of Persistent Allergic Inflammation A research team set out to investigate the variety and biological processes of human Th2 cells. They identified a subpopulation of Th2 cells known as…
Rare Immune Cells indicate the efficacy of Therapies for Recurrent Hives Trinity College Dublin researchers recently published a study in the journal Allergy on chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), a prevalent skin disorder characterized by recurrent hives.…
Magnesium Cyanide – a chemical compound Magnesium cyanide is a chemical compound with the formula Mg(CN)2. It’s a salt of magnesium and cyanide. It is a toxic white solid. Unlike calcium…
Rubidium Carbonate – a convenient compound of rubidium Rubidium carbonate, Rb2CO3, is a convenient compound of rubidium; it is stable, not particularly reactive, and readily soluble in water, and is the form in…
Feeding Peanut goods to Infants Protects against Allergy until Adolescence, a study finds Feeding peanuts to children on a regular basis from infancy to age five lowered the rate of peanut allergy in adolescence by 71%, even after…
First Stage in Allergic Responses, Pave the Way for Novel Prevention Techniques Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have established how the first domino falls after a person comes into contact with an allergen such as peanuts, shellfish,…