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RVAC and University of Pennsylvania to develop mRNA vaccines

Pharmaceutical Technology

RVAC Medicines has announced a research collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) for the discovery and development of mRNA vaccines. The partnership will focus on developing potential new vaccines to treat certain selected autoimmune indications, as well as food allergies.

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Tiny molecules in breast milk may protect infants from developing allergies

Medical Xpress

Breastfed babies are believed to suffer fewer allergic conditions, like eczema and food allergies, than formula-fed babies; yet the reason has not been well understood.

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Black, Hispanic severe allergy patients less likely to receive allergy shots

Medical Xpress

Black and Hispanic patients with severe allergies are less likely to get a common treatment, allergen immunotherapy, compared to white patients, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

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Re-examining antibodies' role in childhood allergies

Medical Xpress

The presence of food-specific IgA antibodies in the gut does not prevent peanut or egg allergies from developing in children, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Science Translational Medicine.

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Food allergies, changes to infant gut bacteria linked to method of childbirth, ethnicity

Scienmag

Babies born by caesarean section to mothers of Asian descent are eight times more likely to develop peanut allergy by age three, study shows Credit: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta Researchers have found a causal link between caesarean section birth, low intestinal microbiota and peanut sensitivity in infants, and they report (..)

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Maternal Antibodies: How Allergies Can be Passed from Mothers to Children

XTalks

It has long been known that mothers greatly influence the development of the growing fetus by not only providing nutrients through the placenta, but also a growing list of biological elements including beneficial antibodies, gut bacteria and now, allergies. Related: Red Meat Allergy Test Gets FDA Clearance.

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Tackling food allergies at the source

Scienmag

Credit: Eliot Herman Food allergies are a big problem. suffer from some kind of food allergy. These allergies cost a whopping $25 billion in health care each year. About 7% of children and 2% of adults in the U.S. Then there’s the time lost at school or work.