T he age of the airship is back, kind of. On 15 May, startup LTA Research flew its Pathfinder 1 airship outside Silicon ...

The story of chronic itch and its impact on quality of life is one dermatologists have heard often. Until recently, treatment ...

It also appeared to trigger a pro-inflammatory state involving white blood cells, inflammatory proteins ... diet,” study author Quirijn de Mast, MD, PhD, internist-infectious disease specialist ...

Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a rare blood disorder in which the body produces too many mast cells. Part of the immune response, mast cells are a type of white blood cell that releases histamine ...

Mast cell activation syndrome, or disease (MCAS), is a condition that causes mast cells to release these substances too frequently, resulting in severe allergic reactions. After detecting an ...

underscoring the importance of treating patients early in the ISM disease course -- -- BLU-808 healthy volunteer trial results demonstrate wide therapeutic window for modulating mast cell activity ...

2.1.1. Mechanical Stimulation and Cellular Responses Acupuncture involves puncturing the skin, muscles, and deep fascia, resulting in the “needle grasp” phenomenon, where local tissue fibers wrap ...

Ultimately, her research led to mast cell activation syndrome, or MCAS, a condition in which mast cells (a type of white blood cell) overreact for reasons that aren’t always clear. These ...

Depending on one's perspective, "mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS)" is either a relatively rare, narrowly defined severe allergic condition or a vastly under-recognized underlying cause of ...