Tag: Food Allergies

Infants' gut bacteria can help combat food allergy: Study

New York: Healthy infants have intestinal bacteria that can prevent the development of food allergies, research has found. Researchers from the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Naples Federico II in Italy transplanted gut microbes from each of eight infant donors: four healthy and four with cow’s milk allergy, into groups […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Baby wipes could help trigger food allergy in infants

New York: If you are in the habit of using wipes for your infants, beware. They are likely to trigger childhood food allergies that may impact kids’ quality of life, researchers have warned. The study, reported in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, showed a mix of environmental and genetic factors that must co-exist […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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New gene therapy may 'turn off' asthma

Sydney: Researchers have developed a new gene therapy that may help to ‘turn-off’ the immune response which causes allergic reaction such as asthma, or potentially lethal food allergies, researchers have found. “When someone has an allergy or asthma flare-up, the symptoms they experience results from immune cells reacting to protein in the allergen,” said Ray […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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