Immunotherapy, especially when combined with probiotics (see Kate Lawrence's research reports this week), shows great promise as a treatment for life threatening allergies. But while the outcome for those who have been treated has been very positive, it is still fraught with …
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Pills and patches for peanut allergy
As I was doing the ironing this morning... I caught, The Food Chain on the World Service – an investigation into licensed medicines to treat peanut allergy. You can download the programme and listen for yourselves but here is a quick overview. Immunotherapy (gradually …
Successful peanut allergy trials
The media has been buzzing for the last two days with reports of the Addenbrooke's trial which showed that, by feeding peanut-allergic children tiny but increasing doses of peanut protein, you can desensitise them to the point that they no longer react to peanuts. This is, of …