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OhioStandard.com Saturday 4th September 2010 Issue 357/2010
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"This historic moment comes at a time of great uncertainty for many Americans. We have now been through nearly a decade of war. We have endured a long and painful recession. And sometimes in the midst of these storms, the future that we are trying to build for our nation - a future of lasting peace and long-term prosperity - may seem beyond our reach"
Barack Obama
US President Obama was making a national address Tuesday to mark the end of the combat mission in Iraq

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Whooping cough outbreak declared
2 West Side men held in storm-grate thefts
Ohio rower loses oars to auto thief
Young blood by the pint
Several cities pass on county hotel checkups

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Mexico offended by US cartoonist
US service sector figures show weakening recovery
US military exchanges ban video game allowing Taliban to take pot shots at US soldiers
Hardcore fan spooks Harry Potter star Tom Felton with adoption scheme

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'US should leave Afghanistan before it is defeated totally'
Trevor Salmon: The best approach would be doing less, but in a rather better way
Editorial: Governing a state of ruins
Editorial: It's's a small fire, not another massive spill
Mistrust and the mosque

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Insurance, church thefts alleged
A former insurance agent and church treasurer in Fairfield County has been charged with grand theft and receiving stolen property, accused of fleecing his clients and his church. Deputy sheriffs...

Hostage-taker kills himself near Ashville
A man killed himself yesterday afternoon while holding a woman hostage at gunpoint in a house northeast of Ashville in Pickaway County. Deputies were sent to the property along Wheeler Road after a...
Cash for governor's race rolls in
The major-party candidates for governor continued to rake in campaign cash last month, and both campaigns say they have enough money for the final TV ad blitz before the Nov. 2 election. Democratic...
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Greece risks civil war if it does not leave Eurozone, German economist warnsGreece risks civil war if it does not leave Eurozone, German economist warns
An influential German economist, Hans-Werner Sinn, has argued Greece should leave the Eurozone or risk a civil...

Food shortage crisis building in many developing countriesFood shortage crisis building in many developing countries
As natural disaster batter the world's agricultural industry, fears are growing that we may be heading into the dark food crisis days of 2007 and...
UN struggling to protect women and children in DRC from rapeUN struggling to protect women and children in DRC from rape
Over 200 women and children have been raped by rebels in the Congo in recent weeks, according to UN...
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Employment figures for August reveal different economy for Obama and RepublicansEmployment figures for August reveal different economy for Obama and Republicans
Obama and Republicans are divided over what the new unemployment data from the Department of Labor means to the economic...
Prices for food soar in Russia Prices for food soar in Russia
Russia's government is holding out on freezing the price of certain food goods as prices continue to...
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Researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have identified the key culprit behind severe asthma-like symptoms in mice.

The disease can be triggered in susceptible people by a variety of environmental contaminants - such as cigarette smoke, allergens and airborne pollution.

Dr. Marsha Wills-Karp and her colleagues have identified the pro-inflammatory protein, interleukin-17 (IL-17A), as the molecular tipping point that upsets a delicate balance between underlying mild disease and more severe asthma, reports Nature.

Airway exposure to environmental allergens causes dysfunctional regulation of a gene called complement factor 3 (C3). This leads to overzealous production of IL-17A by airway cells and sets off what the scientists describe as an "amplification loop," when IL-17A in turn induces more C3 production at the airway surface.

The amplification loop perpetuates increasing inflammatory responses as well as airway hyper-responsiveness and airflow obstruction.

As the team continues their research, they will study the relationship between C3 and IL-17A in severe asthmatics, and explore the effectiveness of targeting either the C3 or IL-17A pathways for the treatment of severe asthma.

The study is published in the latest Nature Immunology. (ANI)


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