Research released on Sunday, March 15, 2009, is being heralded as the first indication that life-threatening peanut allergies can be cured with sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT). The pilot study was presented at a meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in Washington, D.C. Five young children in the study were given tiny amounts of peanut over a period of years until their immune systems tolerated the allergen that once could have threatened their lives. This report is part of an ongoing study from Duke University's School of Medicine and and the University of Arkansas Children's Hospital. Other institutions also studying SLIT to treat peanut allergy include National Jewish Health in Denver, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.
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Mother and daughter getting allergy skin tests. Click on the photo to see a You Tube interview with another parent and child.
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