Daily doses of peanuts could desensitise adults with the allergy

New trial offers hope for adults with peanut allergies

The NewsAdults with peanut allergies may be able to reduce their risk by slowly acclimatizing to peanut protein, a trial suggested.Scientists realized relatively recently that parents could reduce a child’s chance of developing a peanut allergy by exposing them to small amounts during infancy, a discovery that forced a U-turn in parenting advice in much of the world. But it wasn’t known whether the same was true for adults, whose immune systems …

Adults With Life-Threatening Peanut Allergy Can Desensitize With Daily Doses, ‘Life-Changing’ Study Shows

The first clinical trial to test whether adults with peanut allergies can be desensitized has shown great success—with two-thirds of participants able to consume the equivalent of five peanuts at the end of the study without reacting. Known as oral immunotherapy, the approach has been successful in infants and children worldwide, but this first-of-its-kind study—the […] The post Adults With Life-Threatening Peanut Allergy Can Desensitize With Da…

Man with life-threatening peanut allergy now eats them every day thanks to study

A man with a life-threatening peanut allergy is able to eat several per day thanks to a "ground-breaking" study.

'My peanut allergy could have killed me — now I eat four for breakfast'

A groundbreaking trial found exposure to increasing doses of peanut can build tolerance.