Allergist Dr. Michael Manning explains how oral immunotherapy (OIT) for food allergy works and shares his experience working with families to ease anxiety.
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Egg Oral Immunotherapy Shows Promise as Treatment
About half of children who did egg oral immunotherapy (OIT) were able to consume some form of egg five years… Read more »
FDA Approves “Life-Changing” Biologic Drug Dupilumab for Adolescents with Severe Eczema
Painful, red eczema patches used to run up and down Benjamin Sun’s arms and legs. This severe atopic dermatitis led… Read more »
Aimmune Applies to Move Forward on Testing Novel Egg Allergy Treatment
Aimmune Therapeutics, the company behind the AR101 oral immunotherapy (OIT) treatment for peanut allergy, announced on Dec. 20, 2018 that… Read more »
Patch Progress, Peanut OIT in Adults Data Presented at EAACI Meeting
We’re learning more about the two therapies to treat peanut allergies that could soon be available in allergist’s offices in… Read more »
Parents Eager for Food Allergic Kids to Take Part in OIT, Despite Exposure Fears
For food allergy mom Stephanie Sorkin, the decision to involve her daughter Mallory, who has multiple food allergies, in oral… 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 »
DBV Plans to Move Forward with Milk Allergy Patch for Younger Kids
French pharmaceutical maker DBV Technologies says researchers in a Phase 2 trial of the Viaskin Milk patch observed “statistically significant… Read more »
Novel Dissolving Pills to Treat Grass Allergy Approved
The FDA has approved two exciting new treatments for grass allergy sufferers.
Study Mixing OIT and Xolair Sees Big Drop in Side Effects
A study finds fewer reactions and increased speed in OIT for milk allergy while using the medication omalizumab.