Children with high-threshold peanut allergy who ate gradually larger doses of store-bought peanut butter achieved significantly higher and long-lasting rates of desensitization compared to those ...

Children with milder forms of peanut sensitivity may be able to overcome their allergy by consuming increasing amounts of store-bought peanut butter, a new study suggests. All of the 32 children ...

Current food allergy treatments are made for children with severe peanut allergies who can't even handle half a peanut. These treatments help reduce the risk of a reaction if they accidentally eat ...

Researchers observed that only 8.3% of 24 children or adolescents with peanut allergy passed a double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge with at least 444 mg of peanut protein after receiving ...

“Both treatments aim to increase threshold modestly, essentially to help people with peanut allergy to be what is often described as ‘bite safe’ in case of an accidental ingestion ...

Findings showed all 32 participants in the peanut oral immunotherapy group were able to tolerate a maximum amount of 9 grams of peanut protein (equivalent to 3 tablespoons of peanut butter).

“Our data show that treatment of children 4-14 years of age who had a high baseline threshold of peanut allergy were able to safely ingest serving-size amounts of peanuts following treatment ...

The approach could help nearly a million kids with this type of allergy. While some children have severe peanut allergies, where ingesting even the slightest trace of the legume could prove ...