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Repurposed cancer drug shows promise for food allergies

By lmcleod On June 27, 2017 · Add Comment · In Allergy Research, Industry News
A drug approved by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for treating certain cancers is currently under investigation for its potential to prevent reactions to some of the most common food and airborne [...]
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Clinical trials start in Australia for new peanut allergy treatment

By lmcleod On June 27, 2017 · Add Comment · In Allergy Research
Melbourne-based company Aravax has commenced clinical trials of an immunotherapy product developed to treat peanut allergy. The product, known as PVX108 is a result of over fifteen years of scientific research led by Professor [...]
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New ELISA test kit for detecting sesame in food

By lmcleod On June 27, 2017 · Add Comment · In Allergy Research, Industry News
The prevalence of sesame seed allergy has been increasing in recent years and, like allergies to peanut and tree nuts, sesame allergy can be life-threatening and is not usually out-grown. With the rise of [...]
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What is the allergy risk of peanut in highly refined oils?

By lmcleod On June 27, 2017 · Add Comment · In Allergy Research
Refined peanut oils have previously been shown to be safe for most individuals with peanut allergy but it is difficult to guarantee that the oil is sufficiently refined to remove all traces of peanut [...]
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Permissive, rather than precautionary, allergen labelling may be more help to people with food allergies

By lmcleod On May 30, 2017 · Add Comment · In Allergen Bureau News, Allergy Research
Professor Katie Allen from the Melbourne-based Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has called for an Australia-wide uptake of the Allergen Bureau’s Voluntary Incidental Trace Allergen Labelling (VITAL®) risk assessment program for packaged foods. She has [...]
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Better training for restaurant staff may prevent allergy deaths

By lmcleod On May 30, 2017 · Add Comment · In Allergy Research, Industry News
In the United States, between 150 and 200 people die each year as a result of food allergies. Nearly half of reported fatal food allergy reactions over a 13-year period were caused by food [...]
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New online assessment tool to diagnose coeliac disease

By lmcleod On April 19, 2017 · Add Comment · In Allergy Research
Coinciding with Coeliac Awareness week in March 2017, Coeliac Australia has launched a new online assessment tool to help identify more Australians who don’t know they are living with coeliac disease. Untreated coeliac disease [...]
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Consensus on the microbiome in allergy development

By lmcleod On April 19, 2017 · Add Comment · In Allergy Research
Understanding of the role of the microbiota in the development and progression of allergic disease continues to evolve. There is increasing evidence that resident microbiota colonizing in the human gastrointestinal tract, airways and skin [...]
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Passive smoking appears to be linked to childhood food allergy

By lmcleod On March 27, 2017 · Add Comment · In Allergy Research
A new study has shown children exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke in the first few weeks of life are more likely to develop food allergies. Researchers followed the health of almost 3,800 Swedish children [...]
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Validating the predicted peanut allergen threshold in children

By lmcleod On March 27, 2017 · Add Comment · In Allergy Research
The eliciting doses of allergenic foods can be defined by the distribution of threshold doses for individuals within a specific population. ED05 is the dose that elicits a reaction in 5% of allergic subjects. [...]
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