article_snippet: monoclonal blood protein compounds are are antibodies - proteins produced by the body to fight injection - specifically engineered to fight the chemical that causes migraines.
article_snippet: monoclonal blood protein compounds are able to 'mop up' another protein called calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), which triggers the pain, nausea and vomiting associated with a migraine.
article_snippet: While internal or outside influences can bring on a migraine, the mechanism by which one is triggered is understood.
article_snippet: The injection, which is made from proteins called monoclonal blood proteins, is able to 'mop up' another chemical which triggers migraines when it is released in the brain . '
article_snippet: Peter Goadsby, director of the NIHR-Wellcome Trust King's clinical research facility, London, and a trustee of The Migraine Trust said past medications used to treat migraines – beta-blockers, anti-depressants, and epilepsy medicines – are 'borrowed' from other specialities, whereas this injection works specifically for migraines.
article_snippet: While internal or outside influences can bring on a migraine, the mechanism by which one is triggered is understood.
article_snippet: this injection also prevents the onset of migraines, rather than treating These treatments all when a headache has come on.
highlights_snippet: Migraines are triggered by calcitonin gene-related peptide