Using boiled peanut protein in oral immunotherapy treatment (OIT) is safe and effective, with fewer gastrointestinal symptoms compared to using… Read more »
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Long-Term Peanut OIT Has Lasting Benefits, Study Reveals
In a long-term follow-up with 55 peanut-allergic children who had undergone oral or sublingual immunotherapy, 89 percent of patients followed… Read more »
Devastated Mom Speaks Out About 17-year-old’s Death Due to Nut Allergy
“Today, I will leave this hospital without my son,” Kari Wahl, mother of Brandon Cheatham, wrote in a heartbreaking social… Read more »
Viaskin Peanut Patch Back on the FDA Approval Track for Fall 2019
The manufacturer of the Viaskin Peanut patch has announced plans to resubmit its biologics license application (BLA) for the therapy… Read more »
Allergy to Peanut, Milk and Shellfish the Most Common in American Kids
A nationally representative population study led by a team at Northwestern University confirms the high prevalence of peanut and milk… Read more »
Ohio Family Channels Grief into Food Allergy Advocacy to Honor Daughter
The Suhy family of Independence, Ohio, last November experienced the unimaginable tragedy of losing their daughter to an anaphylactic reaction.… Read more »
College Student ‘Who Lit Up a Room,’ Dies of Severe Reaction to Chinese Food
Maximillian Alexander McGlinchey, a Penn State University student, died on June 23, 2018 as a result of anaphylaxis to peanut… Read more »
Nasal Vaccine Limits Peanut Allergy in Mice, Holding Hope for New Therapy
Researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a vaccine, given as a nasal spray, that stopped or greatly reduced… Read more »
Special Report: Top Research from the AAAAI/WAO Allergists’ Conference
At the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and World Allergy Organization Joint Congress held in Orlando in early… Read more »
Research Sheds Light on Which Kids Will Develop Peanut Allergy
New guidelines released in January 2017 say that feeding peanut to young infants at high risk for developing peanut allergy… Read more »