Article: New allergy vaccine brings relief to rats. (experimental vaccine blocks allergic reactions)

New allergy vaccine brings relief to rats

An experimental vaccine blocks allergic reactions in rats and shows promise as a novel treatment for humans, British immunologists report. But other researchers express concern that the vaccine's design rests on an unconfirmed theory of immune function.

Denis R. Stanworth and his colleagues at the University of Birmingham, England, hold a controversial view of the immunological events that culminate in allergic reactions. They agree with other scientists that allergens -- substances to which individuals are allergic -- cause circulating immune proteins called IgE to bind to mast cells in body tissues. The mast ...

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