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Scientists have announced an exciting new development, which may signal a cure for peanut allergies. According to their findings, the immune system of laboratory mice allergic to peanuts was successfully "tricked" into disregarding peanuts as a foreign threat.
The research now holds significant promise for thousands of individuals suffering from the allergy. The allergic reaction is known as anaphylactic shock or anyphylaxis. 1-15% of Americans are at risk of anyphylaxis and 15,000-30,000 cases of food-induced anaphylaxis are recorded each year in America. The reaction is characterized by "anxiety, abdominal pain, cough, nasal congestion, difficulty breathing and swallowing, nausea, and vomiting." 100 to 200 anaphylaxis-related deaths are recorded every year in America.
But now, people who spend their entire lives in fear of eating the wrong thing may have a cure. Researchers at Northwestern University described their work in the Journal of Immunology:
Allergic mice were given specially engineered blood with peanut proteins attached to white blood cells, which are the core of the immune system. When introduced to further peanut extract, the immune system did not react because it was recognized as normal to the body.
The researchers also believe this method could work for other food-induced allergies and have already experienced similar success with egg proteins.
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