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Jun 2021
33m 34s

What’s the future of antihistamines?

Melissa and Jam, Bleav
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#098

Could histamine and antihistamines do more than just affect our allergies? Actually yes. Today we discuss new and recent research in the world of histamine, and believe us, there's some really cool stuff.

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References from this episode

  1. https://cen.acs.org/articles/91/web/2013/06/Tracking-Histamine-Levels-Glowing-Nanosensors.html
  2. https://cen.acs.org/articles/92/web/2014/12/Chemical-Cocktail-Lures-Bedbugs-Coaxes.html
  3. https://cen.acs.org/pharmaceuticals/antibiotics/Common-allergy-drug-makes-resistant/97/i24
  4. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b05515
  5. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/molecule-of-the-week/archive/h/histamines.html
  6. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.9b03300



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