
News
Breakthrough toward cure for nut allergies
February 23, 2009
By The Mail Online
By The Mail Online
February 23, 2009
By The Mail Online
By The Mail Online
Feb. 23, 2009 – British scientists have made a dramatic breakthrough in the treatment
of nut allergies which could bring relief for tens of thousands.
Feb. 23, 2009 – British scientists have made a dramatic breakthrough in the treatment
of nut allergies which could bring relief for tens of thousands.
A group of children with severe peanut allergy built up a tolerance by being given tiny daily doses in powder form.
By
the end of the six-month trial they could eat up to 12 peanuts a day
without going into anaphylactic shock, a severe reaction which can
cause death. On average, seven children die from peanut allergy each
year. | READ MORE
Leave a Reply