STALLERGENES SA and CMC Biopharmaceuticals A/S announced on May 14th that they have entered into an agreement for development and supply of recombinant Bet v 1 (rBet v 1) purified bulk.

Drinking farm milk can protect children against asthma and hayfever, according to a study of nearly 15,000 children published in the May issue of Clinical and Experimental Allergy.

The beetle's back and the crab's shell owe their toughness to a common compound called chitin that now appears to trigger airway inflammation and possibly asthma, UCSF scientists have found.

This is the first nation-wide study of child health in relation to air quality to be conducted in Australia.