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Here's today's feel-good story:
Australian researchers are paving the way for better-targeted treatments of peanut allergies in children by discovering the key immunological changes that support remission.
The findings show for the first time the specific gene networks that should be rewired to drive the allergy into remission following probiotic and peanut oil therapy.
“The immunological changes leading to remission of peanut allergy were largely unknown,” said lead researcher Mimi Tang of Murdoch Children's Search Institute.
“What we found was profound differences in network connectivity patterns between children who were allergic and those who were in remission. These same changes were also seen when we compared gene networks before and after immunotherapy in the children who achieved remission following immunotherapy.”