People with severe peanut allergies produce large amounts of immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies when exposed to peanut proteins, including two called Ara h 1 and 2. This leads to an inflammation ...

According to the National Center for Health and Statistics, under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), roughly 30% of both adults and children have allergy symptoms. Therefore, over ...

Supplements, surprising treatments, immunity-boosting vaccines and even exercises can help the immune system do its job ...

A new study has shed light on why patients with certain rare immune disorders develop severe, food-triggered allergic reactions while others with similar diagnoses do not. The findings, published in ...

The microbes that live in our mouth and gut may influence whether an allergic reaction to peanuts is mild or life-threatening ...

How can trillions of microbes live in our gut without causing a massive immune reaction? Scientists have been researching this question for years, and we are learning more about how the gut microbiome ...

Aptamers are short, single-stranded nucleic acids that can fold into specific three-dimensional structures, allowing them to bind target molecules with high ...