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The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has announced its support for a study into therapies for people with multiple food allergies. The study will test the ability of bi-weekly or monthly injections of omalizumab to increase…

It has been proposed that the rising incidence of allergies in the western world may be influenced by modifications to the human microbiome caused by the western environment and/or lifestyle. To further explore this theory, researchers in Western Australia studied…

Several interesting and exciting developments relating to gluten and coeliac disease have been published recently. Here are some of the stories: Link between childhood gluten intake and coeliac disease Researchers in Sweden have found that in young children with a…

At the most recent meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, it was accepted that the current allergen labelling provisions in the ‘General Standard for Labelling of Pre-packaged Foods’ lack sufficient clarity and detail for industry in how allergens should be…

An Australian study of 170 wheat varieties found modern wheat was no more allergenic than traditional varieties. The research examined the allergenicity of wheat varieties grown in Australia from 1860 to 2015, including some original varieties brought from England that…

Last year, the National Allergy Strategy launched the pilot phase of an Australian food allergy prevention project ‘Nip Allergies in the Bub’. A 12-month pilot was conducted in Western Australia as a world-first promotion of new childhood allergy prevention strategies. Following…