Allergy Research
·May 1, 2023
Did you know that our Director Jasmine Lacis-Lee together with Dr Simon Brooke-Taylor and Allergen Bureau manager Lisa Clark have published ‘Allergens as a Food Safety Hazard: Identifying and Communicating the Risk’ as one of the stand-alone chapters published online…
Allergy Research
·May 1, 2023
In what is thought to be the first use of mRNA for an allergic disease, scientists from the University of California, USA, have developed a novel medicine that could potentially treat peanut allergies. Taking inspiration from COVID-19 mRNA vaccines as…
Allergy Research
·May 1, 2023
Unintended presence of milk in food products is one of the most common causes for food recalls. A new, rapid LC-MS method to measure milk allergens has been developed, aiming to improve the performance of routine testing of milk at…
Allergy Research
·May 1, 2023
Eating out and using home meal replacement services in Japan pose a risk to people with food allergies due to the lack of allergen labelling regulations for these settings. A web-based survey carried out in August-September 2021 collected data for…
Consumer Information
·Mar 31, 2023
Alpha-gal syndrome is not your typical food allergy, according to Scott P. Commins, MD, PhD, who spoke exclusively to Healio at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting. Alpha-gal syndrome is caused by a bite from the…
Allergy Research
·Mar 31, 2023
Multiple challenges faced by people with food allergies when travelling by air have been highlighted by a large, multi-national survey of airline passengers. Conducted by the Centre for Food Allergy & Asthma Research, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the…
