Research published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology looks at the window of opportunity to prevent peanut allergies. … read more

Peanut allergy has seen a five-fold increase in recent decades. It now affects around one in 50 children in the … read more

A study published in The Lancet looks at the efficacy and safety of oral immunotherapy in children aged 1 to … read more

A study published in Clinical & Experimental Allergy looks at frequency of guideline-defined cow’s milk allergy symptoms in infants.   … read more

A study published in the BMJ looks at UK death rate and hospital admissions for food-induced anaphylaxis over a 20-year … read more

Three studies, published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, report on the early introduction of allergenic foods to infants. … read more

Research, published in Nature Communications, reports that the taking of prescribed acid-reducing medications is linked to an increased risk of developing allergies. … read more

A conference abstract from the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology suggests that advanced glycation endproducts in junk food might explain … read more

Research published in The Lancet demonstrates that immunotherapy for peanut allergies increased allergic reactions. Dr Alexandra Santos, MRC Clinician Scientist … read more

New research, published in PLOS Medicine, looks at diet during pregnancy and infancy and risk of allergic or autoimmune disease.  read more

Publishing in European Respiratory Journal scientists investigate the association between childhood asthma and allergies and maternal consumption of sugar.
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has published new guidelines for the prevention of peanut allergy in the United States, in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. read more

Publishing in JAMA a group of scientists have reviewed the evidence around food allergies and report that early introduction of egg or peanut to the diet of infants was associated with lower risk of developing allergies to those foods. read more

A presentation of unpublished work at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress has examined the effects of exposure to antibiotics early in life and reports a relationship with increased risk of eczema and hayfever. read more

Publishing in the New England Journal of Medicine two groups of researchers have investigated the effects of consumption of certain foods as a baby on allergy later in life. read more

Results of a phase II clinical trial, published in the Lancet, suggested children with peanut allergies could benefit from a treatment in which peanut protein is consumed in increasingly larger amounts on a regular basis to build up tolerance. read more

Children appear to be less at risk for developing nut allergies if their mothers are not allergic and ate more nuts during pregnancy, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics. read more

A large, long term study of Britons found risks in the workplace for various professions were responsible for one in six cases of adult onset asthma. The research was carried out by researchers at Imperial College London and published in the journal Thorax. read more

Researchers writing in PNAS* used RNA interference, a process that inhibits the expression of certain genes, to engineer a dairy cow capable of producing high-protein milk with hypoallergenic qualities. read more

New research examined the association between allergies and the risk of developing cancer. read more