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Posted 23 February 2015 - 09:04 PM
This was on the CBS Morning News. I've known about this therapy for some time, but did not know how successful the trials had been. Maybe in the far future, food allergies will not be as big of a problem as they are now.
https://www.youtube....h?v=qzS0DpBem4Y
Martha
"...everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms--to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." Viktor E. Frankl
"Life's like a movie, write your own ending." The Muppets
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Posted 23 February 2015 - 09:12 PM
Aw, how totally terrifying. I'm so glad I don't have off spring to worry about!
Browsing around for info about OIT treatment (that's crazy, dead E coli, huh? ) brought me to this horrifying and also hopeful story - http://stanmed.stanf...can-eat-it.html
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Posted 23 February 2015 - 09:31 PM
Aw, how totally terrifying. I'm so glad I don't have off spring to worry about!
Browsing around for info about OIT treatment (that's crazy, dead E coli, huh? ) brought me to this horrifying and also hopeful story - http://stanmed.stanf...can-eat-it.html
The threat of anaphylaxis is terrifying. I'm allergic to mice (from working with them in labs), but I have not been around them much for a long time. I still am extremely cautious around a live one, even when it is trapped, because I know how fast those suckers can whip around and bite.
Your story is excellent, because it has a lot of good information about allergies in it. It's about the same group as the video.
And about that dead E.coli...
It's probably not possible for E. coli, because we have beneficial strains of that already in our gut, but they're working on a Salmonella vaccine.
http://www.foodsafet...a/#.VOuabE0tH3g
It worked for polio, maybe foodborne illness too. It takes time and funding.
Martha
"...everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms--to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." Viktor E. Frankl
"Life's like a movie, write your own ending." The Muppets
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Posted 24 February 2015 - 09:17 PM
And...hope for preventing peanut allergies. It's a fast changing field.
http://www.foodmanuf...-allergies-kids
Martha
"...everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms--to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." Viktor E. Frankl
"Life's like a movie, write your own ending." The Muppets
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