Two doses of allergen-encapsulating nanoparticles delivered intravenously prevented anaphylaxis during a food allergy test in mice, according to a study led by University of Michigan researchers.
The results, published in Advanced Healthcare Materials, offer a potential path to improving the ease of allergy immunotherapies in
Michigan Medicine allergy faculty fielded a steady stream of questions about the latest in food allergy research during a recent "Strolling Science" event at the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills.
The MHWFAC has been awarded a seven-year CoFAR Cooperative Agreement Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to become one of its 10 centers of food allergy research in the United States.
Why do some kids develop food allergy, while others, even those in the same family, do not? Why has food allergy in children doubled in just the past 20 years?
Unraveling those mysteries is the aim of a new long-range study being launched by the Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center.
As part of an ongoing international study about access to mental health care for those affected by food allergy, researchers are seeking to interview adults with food allergy, and parents of children with food allergy.
A significant percentage of people with atopic dermatitis – commonly known as eczema – also suffer from food allergy.
Some studies, for example, have found that infants with atopic dermatitis (AD) are six times more likely to be allergic to eggs, and as much as 11 times as likely to have peanut allergy.
But while the connection
Some patients with food allergy, and their caregivers, are frustrated by the lack of awareness, of safeguarding rules and of resources for those affected by this disease.
Many people find it to be useful and therapeutic to channel these observations and frustrations into lobbying for practical measures that make life better for the food
The second edition of Reaction, the magazine of the Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center, has been published online.
The new federal food labeling rules that take effect in 2023 add sesame to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's list of major food allergens.
Our moderator Kim Menzel and special guest Dr. Steven Gendel discuss the implications of the changes, and other food labeling information for patients and families with food allergy, in the