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New Therapy Targets Gut Bacteria to Prevent and Reverse Food Allergies

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Microbiota therapy acts via a regulatory T cell MyD88/RORγt pathway to suppress food allergyNature Medicine, 2019; DOI: 10.1038/s41591-019-0461-z

A new study identifies the species of bacteria in the human infant gut that protect against food allergies, finding changes associated with the development of food allergies and an altered immune response.

Every three minutes, a food-related allergic reaction sends someone to the emergency room in the U.S. Currently, the only way to prevent a reaction is for people with food allergies to completely avoid the food to which they are allergic. Researchers are actively seeking new treatments to prevent or reverse food allergies in patients...

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