Article: Crunch time: the urgent search for a cure for deadly peanut allergies.(HEALTH)

Article: DRUG FOR PEANUT ALLERGIES OFFERS FREEDOM FROM ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... drug, which blocks an immune system molecule, does not cure peanut allergies, but increases tolerance ... average, people with peanut allergies are exposed once every ... passage to those with peanut allergies because of fear of ...

Article: Peanut allergies draw battle lines in school ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO);  September 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... for children with peanut allergies. From peanut-free ... 2002 showed that peanut allergies had doubled in children ... that a child's immune system misidentifies certain ... Another is simply that peanut allergies are being recognized ...

Article: Rise in peanut allergies leaves scientists ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  December 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... seeks to explain the rise in peanut allergies isn't conclusive enough to ... examined as a way to quiet the immune system and increase the amount of allergen ... PEOPLE are being diagnosed with peanut allergies, precautions are being taken ...

Article: Studies show children can complete treatment for peanut ...
NewsRx Health;  April 5, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... as a therapy for peanut allergies that a select group ... in children with peanut allergies was documented for ... year are caused by peanut allergies. Duke and Arkansas ... how the body's immune system responds to its presence ...

Article: Some kids outgrow peanut allergies.(Health)
Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication;  November 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... lungs constrict. Peanut allergies are one of the worst ... aged 4 to 14 who had peanut allergies. The ones who were ... antibody, made by the immune system, that triggers the ... children who have peanut allergies be tested every few ...

Article: Schools ban peanuts as precaution ; Since more children than ever ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  September 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... children than ever have peanut allergies, which can be deadly ... Also, people with peanut allergies usually don't ... is in place, the immune system is locked in. Whenever ... People with severe peanut allergies carry with them ...

Article: Children may outgrow peanut allergies.
Immunotherapy Weekly;  July 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... well-documented peanut allergies, researchers at ... tremendous burden peanut allergies can cause for children ... produced by the immune system that cause allergic ... added. Experts say peanut allergies, which affect approximately ...