New Immunotherapy Trial Cures Kids of Peanut Allergy For Up To Four Years (theguardian.com)

Using a new kind of immunotherapy treatment, Australian researchers have managed to cure a majority of the children in their study suffering from a peanut allergy. "The desensitization to peanuts persisted for up to four years after treatment," reports The Guardian. From the report: Tang, an immunologist and allergist, pioneered a new form of treatment that combines a probiotic with peanut oral immunotherapy, known as PPOIT. Instead of avoiding the allergen, the treatment is designed to reprogram the immune system's response to peanuts and eventually develop a tolerance. It's thought that combining the probiotic with the immunotherapy gives the immune system the "nudge" it needs to do this, according to Tang. Forty-eight children were enrolled in the PPOIT trial and were randomly given either a combination of the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus with peanut protein in increasing amounts, or a placebo, once daily for 18 months. At the end of the original trial in 2013, 82% of children who received the immunotherapy treatment were deemed tolerant to peanuts compared with just 4% in the placebo group. Four years later, the majority of the children who gained initial tolerance were still eating peanuts as part of their normal diet and 70% passed a further challenge test to confirm long-term tolerance. The results have been published in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.

Comments

Peanuts are an abomination!

[Narcocide]

So sayeth The Lord.

do not want

[Anonymous Coward]

My snowflake is perfect as is. You need to check your peanut privilege.

Re:When I was in school

[Mr D from 63]

Nobody is fooling me. This is just some fake science dreamed up by the peanut lobby. Big Peanut will stop at nothing to make a buck, even if it means endangering our innocent children. Its a slippery slope, first make us think we don't have to worry about peanut allergies, next we'll be forced to eat Thai food and lubricate our cars with peanut oil. Go ahead, keep your heads in the sand. I warned you.

So if I say I'm allergic to idiots ??

[Salgak1]

. . . I can force others to keep them away from me ??

(OK, it was worth a shot. . . . )

Re:When I was in school

[DontBeAMoran]

I finally have a good reason to only wash my dinner plates and bowls only once a week! I'm not gross, I'm building a strong immunity!

Re:When I was in school

[famebait]

My country is more liberal than yours. I see nothing like that here. I blame your flag. Just as well-founded.