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Asthma accounts for 1/4 of all emergency room visits in the U.S. each year. | 1 in 4 deaths in the U.S. is due to various forms of cancer.
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  • A finding at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology has major implications for the development of a first-ever vaccine against dengue virus, a growing public health threat which annually infects 50 to 100 million people worldwide, causing a half million cases of the severest form. Sujan Shresta, Ph.D, led the research team. Learn More
  • A discovery by scientists at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology has entered pharmaceutical research for use in the creation of a potential new antibody therapy for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. The discovery -- of a molecule known as LIGHT -- was made in the laboratory of Carl Ware, Ph.D.  Learn More 
  • Discovery of an enzyme's previously unknown role as a tumor suppressor that may be important in myeloproliferative diseases and some types of lymphoma and leukemia. Toshiaki  Kawakami, M.D., Ph.D., led the research team. Learn More
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