Scientists in the US are developing 'low-allergy' peanuts, offering hope to thousands of people with allergies associated with the popular seed.
Peanut allergies are relatively common and usually cause breathing problems.
Allergy
An allergy is a hypersensitive disorder of immune system. Substances that often cause allergic reactions are pollen, dust mites, mold spores, pet dander, food, insect stings and medicines.
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But at their most serious, they can lead to a potentially life-threatening anaphylactic shock.
The US team has managed to remove or reduce key proteins thought to spark the allergy.
They stress the resulting peanuts are not genetically modified but the product of conventional cross-breeding.
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Thanks to a British doctor, parents of children allergic to peanuts can now heave a sigh of relief. He believes a cure for such allergies could be available within the next three years.
The peanuts are still at a fledgling stage, but if further tests are successful they could be used widely to prevent the risks associated with production lines.
The key issue will be whether the peanut missing these proteins will be able to produce naturally occurring seeds with the same reduced allergy potential.
In principle, kids who consumed these low-allergy peanuts would be less likely to become allergic to all peanuts in the first place.
"And people that are already allergic would need to have a much higher dose before they suffered a reaction," the BBC quoted Professor Soheila Maleki as saying.
"In the case of accidental ingestion, there would be much less of a reaction," Maleki added.
It is believed that the peanuts could be available within two to five years.
The findings were presented at a congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in London.
Source: ANI
They stress the resulting peanuts are not genetically modified but the product of conventional cross-breeding.
Kids With Peanut Allergy may Have a Cure Within 3yrs: Doctor
Thanks to a British doctor, parents of children allergic to peanuts can now heave a sigh of relief. He believes a cure for such allergies could be available within the next three years.
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The peanuts are still at a fledgling stage, but if further tests are successful they could be used widely to prevent the risks associated with production lines.
The key issue will be whether the peanut missing these proteins will be able to produce naturally occurring seeds with the same reduced allergy potential.
In principle, kids who consumed these low-allergy peanuts would be less likely to become allergic to all peanuts in the first place.
"And people that are already allergic would need to have a much higher dose before they suffered a reaction," the BBC quoted Professor Soheila Maleki as saying.
"In the case of accidental ingestion, there would be much less of a reaction," Maleki added.
It is believed that the peanuts could be available within two to five years.
The findings were presented at a congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in London.
Source: ANI
Simple Test to Detect Peanut Allergy--maybe?
Testing of a new diagnostic tool that may help predict life-threatening peanut allergy is being done by scientists from University of Manchester in Britain.
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