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You are here: Home / Tech / Researchers use nanotechnology to stop allergies

Researchers use nanotechnology to stop allergies

June 21, 2007 by Paul Spoerry Leave a Comment

Nanotechnologists at the Virginia Commonwealth University have used fullerenes to stop allergic reactions–not just treat allergy symptoms but prevent them and leave you with a clear head. The little carbon cages interrupt the basic process of the mast cells. Those guys are all over your body and release histamines when in contact with some allergenic substance. The fullerenes will prevent the histamines from getting loose and causing the usual allergic havoc we all know too well.

Allergic disease is the sixth leading cause of chronic disease in the United States, and while various treatments have been developed to control allergy, no cure has been found. These findings advance the emerging field of medicine known as nanoimmunology.

Since I have allergies… here’s to hoping this one comes to market fast! The link includes movies and audio.

Linkage: http://www.news.vcu.edu/news.aspx?v=detail&nid=2121

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: allergies, and, nanotechnology

About Paul Spoerry

I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

I run. I meditate. I dance. I blog at PaulSpoerry.com, tweet @PaulSpoerry, and I'm here on Google+.

I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

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