|
|
Article: Children's Hospital to Advance Awareness and Research for Peanut Allergy; Boston-Area Participants Sought for Innovative National Research Study on Peanut Allergy.
- Article from:
- Business Wire
- Article date:
- January 3, 2001
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 Business Wire. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Business Editors and Health Writers
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2001
Peanut and tree nut allergy can be a serious condition that affects approximately three million Americans. There is no cure for peanut allergy, merely symptomatic relief, and there is a lack of public and medical understanding of the condition. Children's Hospital in Boston has joined with six other leading medical research centers from across the country with the purpose of helping to increase the understanding of peanut allergy. The medical research centers are currently conducting a peanut allergy study designed to determine if an investigational drug can lessen the severity of ...