Private MD News

Home | News | Allergy Testing

Researchers develop new method that could cure children of food allergies

Updated: 2011-10-12 16:02:34 CST Category: Allergy Testing

Children who have received positive food allergy tests may soon be able to consume their food triggers with less fear of a reaction thanks to a new treatment method developed by researchers from Northwestern Medicine.

The team was able to turn off the immune system of response of mice that were allergic to peanuts by attaching peanut protein onto the animals' own blood cells and reintroducing the cells into their systems.

Because the new samples contained their own blood as well as peanut material, the mice's immune system became accustomed to nuts and did not launch an adverse response when the animals were exposed to nuts in the future.

"We think we've found a way to safely and rapidly turn off the allergic response to food allergies," said Paul Bryce, who led the development of the new method. "Their immune system saw the peanut protein as perfectly normal because it was already presented on the white blood cells. Without the treatment, these animals would have gone into anaphylactic shock."

They believe the method could work equally well in humans with food allergies.
 

Related Articles from Private MD:

• Healthy diet during pregnancy may limit children's food allergy risk
  
• Researchers find potential cause of food allergies
  
• Parents work to protect their children from food allergies
  
• Introducing milk through baked goods may help children beat allergies
  
• Researchers estimate prevalence of food allergies
  

Share on Facebook

Subscribe to Private MD Health News RSS Feed:

News Categories:

Advanced Lipid Treatment I   Allergy Testing   Anemia and RBC disorders   Autoimmune Diseases   Bariatric Lab Testing   Blood and Blood Diseases   Breast   Cancer Detection and Tumor Markers   Celiac Disease Testing   Chlamydia   Coagulation and blood clotting disorders   Colon   Diabetes   DNA, Paternity and Genetic testing   Drug Screening   Environmental Toxin Testing   Female Specific Tests   Gastrointestinal Diseases   General Health   General Wellness   Heart Health and Cholesterol   Herpes   HIV   HIV monitoring/Treatment/Testing/Post Diagnos   Hormones and Metabolism   Infectious Diseases   Infertility Testing-Male   Infertitlity Hormone Testing   Kidney Diseases   Leukemia and WBC disorders   Liver   Liver Diseases   Lyme Disease   Male Specific Tests   Menopause/Peri-Menopausal Diagnosis   Organ Specific Testing   Ovarian   Prostate   Sexually Transmitted Diseases   Thyroid Diseases   Vitamin D Deficiency-Diagnosis and Treatment   

Visit the Health News Archive: Click Here

Questions about online blood testing or how to order a lab test? Click here to get started or call us toll-free at 1.877.283.7882. Our certified professionals are ready to assist you.