Liquid mouth drops could one day protect people from peanut allergies by Eric Chin



Liquid mouth drops could one day protect people from peanut allergies by Eric Chin



https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oral-drops-could-one-day-protect-people-peanut-allergies




Summary-By slowly exposing someone to something that they are allergic to you can make them tolerant of their allergy, this is called Clinical Immunology. There is now a drop that you can give to children (ages 6-11) that over time will cure their allergy to peanuts. This works by exposing the children to the peanut protein and getting their bodies slowly tolerant to it.

Questions

1-How could this really benefit people?

2-Why can only children do this?



3-Does this method work with just peanuts?

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