Chat For All
Why not join our online community, we offer information about latest soaps, celeb gossip, the newest games, reviews! There really is a place for all ages in this forum as there is a section for everyone! Why not join and find out all the latest news, movies, games, soap info and much much more!! Or just sit back and make new friends! So, to see the whole forum just register, it's as simple as that!

As a guest, you CAN NOT see all the forum!


Exsisting users, welcome back!

*Please note* the ads will disappear when you log in!

Join the forum, it's quick and easy

Chat For All
Why not join our online community, we offer information about latest soaps, celeb gossip, the newest games, reviews! There really is a place for all ages in this forum as there is a section for everyone! Why not join and find out all the latest news, movies, games, soap info and much much more!! Or just sit back and make new friends! So, to see the whole forum just register, it's as simple as that!

As a guest, you CAN NOT see all the forum!


Exsisting users, welcome back!

*Please note* the ads will disappear when you log in!
Chat For All
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.
Latest topics
» Welcome dickiedave33
Dirt can be good for children, say scientists EmptyWed Nov 24, 2010 4:20 am by Admin

» I'm a celebrity - get me out of here!
Dirt can be good for children, say scientists EmptyWed Nov 24, 2010 4:15 am by Munky

» christmas
Dirt can be good for children, say scientists EmptyTue Nov 23, 2010 3:32 am by Munky

» Hi guys
Dirt can be good for children, say scientists EmptyTue Nov 23, 2010 3:27 am by Munky

» The X Factor 2010
Dirt can be good for children, say scientists EmptyMon Nov 22, 2010 9:43 am by Admin

» Length of topic title
Dirt can be good for children, say scientists EmptyWed Dec 30, 2009 10:57 am by chickenman

Poll

Who is going to win xfactor 2009??

Dirt can be good for children, say scientists I_vote_lcap40%Dirt can be good for children, say scientists I_vote_rcap 40% [ 2 ]
Dirt can be good for children, say scientists I_vote_lcap0%Dirt can be good for children, say scientists I_vote_rcap 0% [ 0 ]
Dirt can be good for children, say scientists I_vote_lcap60%Dirt can be good for children, say scientists I_vote_rcap 60% [ 3 ]

Total Votes : 5

Chat for all forum!

Dirt can be good for children, say scientists

Go down

Dirt can be good for children, say scientists Empty Dirt can be good for children, say scientists

Post  Admin Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:39 am

Children should be allowed to get dirty, according to scientists who have found being too clean can impair the skin's ability to heal.

Normal bacteria living on the skin trigger a pathway that helps prevent inflammation when we get hurt, the US team discovered.

The bugs dampen down overactive immune responses that can cause cuts and grazes to swell, they say.

Their work is published in the online edition of Nature Medicine.

Experts said the findings provided an explanation for the "hygiene hypothesis", which holds that exposure to germs during early childhood primes the body against allergies.

Many believe our obsession with cleanliness is to blame for the recent boom in allergies in developed countries.

'Good' bacteria

Researchers from the School of Medicine at University of California, San Diego, found a common bacterial species, known as Staphylococci, blocked a vital step in a cascade of events that led to inflammation.

Rates of allergy have tripled in the UK in the last decade. One in three people now has some kind of allergy
A spokeswoman for Allergy UK

By studying mice and human cells, they found the harmless bacteria did this by making a molecule called lipoteichoic acid or LTA, which acted on keratinocytes - the main cell types found in the outer layer of the skin.

The LTA keeps the keratinocytes in check, stopping them from mounting an aggressive inflammatory response.

Head of the research Professor Richard Gallo said: "The exciting implication of the work is that it provides a molecular basis to understand the hygiene hypothesis and has uncovered elements of the wound repair response that were previously unknown.

"This may help us devise new therapeutic approaches for inflammatory skin diseases."

The lobby group Parents Outloud said the work offered scientific support for its campaign to stop children being mollycoddled and over-sanitised.

A spokeswoman for Allergy UK said there was a growing body of evidence that exposure to germs was a good thing.

But she said more research was needed.

"Rates of allergy have tripled in the UK in the last decade. One in three people now has some kind of allergy.

"Some of this might be that people are better informed. But a lot of it is genetic as well as down to our environment," she said.
Admin
Admin
Admin
Admin

Posts : 219
Join date : 2008-11-10

https://aforumforall.forum.st

Back to top Go down

Back to top


 
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum