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Article: Treatment for deadly food allergies 'here in ten years'
- Article from:
- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- September 9, 2006
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THE first effective treatment for potentially lethal food
allergies could be on the market within a decade, according to an
expert.
Currently people who experience severe reactions to food such as
peanuts and dairy products simply have to avoid them.
However, researchers have found a way of reproducing the substance
that causes the allergy, so its potency can be reduced.
This means it can be used as a "hypoallergenic vaccine" to reduce
the overreaction by the body's immune system, which can kill. The
same techniques could also be used against hay fever and allergic
asthma.
At the same time, scientists are looking to extract a compound in
unpasteurised milk that appears to stop people ...
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