Penicillin, a life-saving medicine, is the most common cause of drug allergy, with clinical manifestations ranging from temporary skin reactions to life-threatening systemic syndromes. Thus far, genetic factors have only been found for rare severe allergic reactions...
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Dr. Stacie M. Jones Pursues Clinical and Translational Investigation of Food Allergies
Stacie M. Jones, M.D., is Professor and Chief of Allergy and Immunology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH). Dr. Jones holds the Dr. and Mrs. Leeman H. King Endowed Chair in Pediatric Allergy. She is a...
Charite-University Medicine Investigator Leads Novartis Study Evidencing Superiority for Addressing the Hives
Novartis is sponsoring a global clinical trial led by an investigator with Charite-University Medicine, Berlin Germany—along with over a hundred other sites they are in hot pursuit of a new treatment for patients with chronic hives. Thus far clinical trials of the...
Australian Research Collaborative Reveals Lack of Fiber Intake During Pregnancy with Allergies & Autoimmune Disease
An Australian study from the University of Sydney (UoS), Charles Perkins Centre, Deakin University, Monash University, James Cook University and the Australian National University announced the results of a joint study revealing that eating a high fiber diet during...
New Regional Dermatoses Reported in Some Patients on Dupilumab
As reported in Jama Network, Stanford University School of Medicine and colleagues reported that a nearly 25% of a segment of adults with atopic dermatitis who were taking dupilumab developed new regional dermatoses appearing mostly on the face. Gefei Alex Zhu, MD of...
Oral Immunotherapy Shown to Be Safe For Children With Peanut Allergies
In an issue of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, a study was published that proved regular oral immunotherapy (OIT) treatments were safe for preschoolers that had peanut allergies. What this study hoped to accomplish was “To confirm the safety of...
NORC Administered Study Finds 1 in 10 Adults Struggle with Food Allergies
A group of investigators launched a study looking at 40,443 adults and found that the most common allergies were shellfish, milk, peanut, tree nut and fin fish. The research team found that nearly 50% of those with allergies developed them during adulthood. The study...
Peanut Allergy Clinical Trial Holds Hope for Kids
Kate Stromquist writing in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports on the local hope a global clinical trial brings to Arkansas. As many as 15 million Americans have food allergies and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention findings...
Aimmune Therapeutics Makes Experimental Product to Help Reduce Peanut Allergy Symptoms
BACKGROUND Peanut allergy, for which there are no approved treatment options, affects patients who are at risk for unpredictable and occasionally life-threatening allergic reactions. METHODS In a phase 3 trial, we screened participants 4 to 55 years of age with peanut...
Hanmi Unveil P3 Clinical Trial Results for Asthma-rhinitis Combination Drug
Lee Han-Soo of Korean Biomedical Review writes that Hanmi Pharmaceutical said that it has presented the phase 3 clinical trial results for Monterizine, a combination treatment for asthma and allergic rhinitis, on Clinical Therapeutics, a Science Citation Index (SCI)...
Autistic Children Prone to Food, Skin, and Respiratory Allergies
Hannah Furfaro of Spectrum News reports on a National Health Interview Survey report from 1997 to 2016. See link to study. The findings of the study point to a relationship between allergies and autism, however, they do not suggest that allergies increase autism or...