Allergy-cancer connection made by researchers

While many are stocking up on allergy medicine in preparation for spring, a new study has uncovered a new connection between allergy and cancer that could potentially lead to therapies involving common antihistamines. The study demonstrated that histamine, a component of the immune system that responds to allergens and foreign pathogens and is also linked to inflammation, plays a role in protecting tumors from the immune system. By blocking the production of histamine in animal models, the resea...