NHS trial uses daily doses of food allergens to tackle severe reactions
by Andrew Gregory Health editor from Science | The Guardian on (#6MN07)
Life-transforming' trial giving children and young people with milk or peanut allergy small doses to train their bodies to tolerate it
Children have been able to enjoy foods that previously would have triggered potentially life-threatening allergic reactions after they took part in a life-transforming" NHS clinical trial, doctors have reported.
A pioneering 2.5m study is using daily doses of everyday food products, taken under strict medical supervision, rather than drugs to train the bodies of children as young as two to tolerate an allergen.
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