Tag: mouse model

Immune System

Study Shows Your Immune System May Help You Avoid Foods You...

The very mechanism that went haywire may help you avoid your allergens.
Mast Cell Activation

Research Finds Nervous System Plays Previously Unknown Role in Anaphylaxis

Findings may point to new approaches for treating or even preventing anaphylaxis in humans.
Nanoparticle to treat food allergies

Nanoparticle Appears to Prevent, Treat Peanut Allergies in Mice

Technology could provide platform to fight other allergies, autoimmune disorders.
OpenBiome Fecal Capsules

Positive Early Results with Fecal Microbiota Therapy for Peanut-Allergic Patients

Encapsulated stool from non-allergic donors alters the immune system and increases tolerance to peanuts.
FD&C Red 40

Artificial Food Colorants Can Cause Disease After Immune System Dysregulation

When given a diet with the food dyes Red 40 or Yellow 6, the altered mice developed IBD.
Models of Interleukin 4 and 13

Antibody May Provide New Treatment for Food Allergies

“This research suggests a potentially transformative treatment for peanut allergy in particular and food allergies in general.”
Pill

New Pill Could Prevent Anaphylaxis in People with Food, Drug Allergies

Drug would be the first known treatment to prevent anaphylaxis.
T-Cell

Scientists Discover Immune Cell Subtype in Mice That Drives Allergic Reactions

NIH-funded study suggests targeting cell may help prevent anaphylaxis in humans.
Child Scratching

Study: Scratching Starts Cascade of Immune Responses That Lead to Food...

Researchers may have solved the puzzle of how eczema leads to increased risk of developing food allergies.
Gut Microbiome

Study: Intestinal Bacteria from Healthy Infants Prevent Food Allergy

Study shows how gut bacteria from infants could prevent food allergy.