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  • Tue 23rd December 2014

    Xinzhong Dong Reports in Nature the Identification of a New Mast Cell Allergy Receptor

    Xinzhong Dong, a primary faculty member in the Neuroscience department, reports in Nature the identification of a new receptor on mast cells linked to drug-induced allergic reactions.  Many clinical used drugs including anti-cancer, diabetes, and HIV drugs, neuromuscular blocking drugs (NMBDs) to certain classes of antibiotics cause allergy-like reactions such as rash, dropping body temperature, and slowing heart beat. Some of the side-effects become non-compliance factors for the dru...

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  • Tue 23rd December 2014

    Xinzhong Dong Reports in Nature the Identification of a New Mast Cell Allergy Receptor

    Xinzhong Dong, a primary faculty member in the Neuroscience department, reports in Nature the identification of a new receptor on mast cells linked to drug-induced allergic reactions.  Many clinical used drugs including anti-cancer, diabetes, and HIV drugs, neuromuscular blocking drugs (NMBDs) to certain classes of antibiotics cause allergy-like reactions such as rash, dropping body temperature, and slowing heart beat. Some of the side-effects become non-compliance factors for the d...

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  • Thu 4th December 2014

    Alex Kolodkin named as AAAS Fellow

    Primary Neuroscience member Dr. Alex Kolodkin has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).  This is an honor bestowed upon members by their peers in recogniztion of their advancement of science.  The newly elected fellows will each be awarded a certificate and a rosette pin during the AAAS Fellows Forum on Feb. 14 at the 2015 AAAS annual meeting in San Jose, Calif. Dr. Kolodkin is a professor of neuroscience in the Scho...

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  • Thu 4th December 2014

    Alex Kolodkin named as AAAS Fellow

    Primarry Neuroscience member Dr. Alex Kolodkin has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).  This is an honor bestowed upon members by their peers in recogniztion of their advancement of science.  The newly elected fellows will each be awarded a certificate and a rosette pin during the AAAS Fellows Forum on Feb. 14 at the 2015 AAAS annual meeting in San Jose, Calif. Dr. Kolodkin is a professor of neuroscience in the S...

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