New Treatment For Peanut Allergy
Lifenesia - Yesterday, scientists at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge hailed a fantastic results. The immunotherapy treatment involved giving youngsters a small amount of peanut protein in powder form over six months.
A treatment that could help millions of people overcome nut allergies may soon be available on the NHS. Children who are allergic to peanuts were able to eat up to ten nuts a day without negative side effects following five and a half years of trials.
Dr Andrew Clark said: "This is huge and it’s a real first. The families involved say that it has changed their lives dramatically".
Among those to benefit is 11 year old Lena Barden, who can now tuck into doughnuts which contain traces of nuts for the first time in her life.
The study is the first in the world to have had such a good outcome, according to researchers.
A treatment that could help millions of people overcome nut allergies may soon be available on the NHS. Children who are allergic to peanuts were able to eat up to ten nuts a day without negative side effects following five and a half years of trials.
Dr Andrew Clark said: "This is huge and it’s a real first. The families involved say that it has changed their lives dramatically".
Among those to benefit is 11 year old Lena Barden, who can now tuck into doughnuts which contain traces of nuts for the first time in her life.
The study is the first in the world to have had such a good outcome, according to researchers.
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