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Experimental Therapy Builds Tolerance to Peanut Allergies
in Allergies, on March 18, 2009
Finally, after so many years of experimentation and careful monitoring, a handful of kids who were previously severely-allergic to peanuts can now tolerate about 15 peanuts a day .
For the study, which began five years ago, Burks and his colleagues gave children with a history of peanut allerg...
Grazax Immunotherapy Tablets Now Approved for Children Aged 5-17
in Allergies, on February 22, 2009
... Grazax , an immunotherapy allergy tablet launched
in the UK more than 2 years ago has been launched for treatment of severe hay fever among children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 .
Immunothe...
Oral Immunotherapy to Treat Milk Allergies
in Allergies, on November 23, 2008
...n allergen may desensitize an individual, thus reducing the immune reaction over time. Peanut oral immunotherapy has been shown to dampen a patient's allergic reaction to peanuts, or conversely,...
Using Immunotherapy for Treating Food Allergies
in Allergies, on April 21, 2008
... Scientists from the National Jewish Medical and Research Center are evaluating the use of immunotherapy to prevent food allergy reactions . They are feeding peanut- and egg-allergic people in...
Allergy Shots During Pregnancy
in Allergies, on February 14, 2008
...ication in the lowest dose possible to manage symptoms during their pregnancy .
Regarding allergy immunotherapy shots, the recommendation is as follows:
Women who already use immunotherapy (allergy...
Using Immunotherapy Drops Against Food Allergies
in Allergies, on October 18, 2007
... From all I've been reading so far on the use immunotherapy drops, I've always had the impression that while they work wonders on alleviating symptoms of pollen, dust mite and other e...
Mice Study Demonstrated Potential of Vaccine-like Treatment Against Lupus
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 4, 2007
...on by the body's immune system without affecting healthy cells.
Called folate-hapten-targeted immunotherapy, the treatment greatly reduced damage to the kidneys and other tissues and also prolon...
BIO Investor Forum 2007
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 7, 2007
...w Treatment Paradigms and Targets
From Cancer Vaccines to Adjuvants - Insights into the Future of Immunotherapy and Cancer
Se the BIO Investor Forum 2007 website for the program and registrat...
Review Article on Peanut Allergies
in Allergies, on September 3, 2007
...osis, prevention, and treatment. Among the therapeutic strategies reviewed are sublingual and oral immunotherapy, anti-IgE, Chinese herbal medicine , and vaccine strategies .
I don't have ...
Summer Time, Pollen Allergy Time
in Allergies, on August 13, 2007
...things you cna do which could possibly alleviate your allergy symptoms. While it's too late for immunotherapy, the most you can do is to reduce exposure to absolute minimum. Check with your allerg...
Immunotherapy Against Hay Fever Prevents Asthma in Children
in Allergies, on August 13, 2007
...owever, a follow-up study to The Preventive Allergy Treatment (PAT) study showed that specific immunotherapy for children with hay fever, or "seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis," hel...
Sublingual Immunotherapy Against Cat Allergy
in Allergies, on July 30, 2007
...ic kids by placing increasing doses of standardized cat dander extract under the tongue .
Immunotherapy is based on the idea that the immune system can "learn" to tolerate allergy ...
Cytos Biotech's Allergy Drug Showing Promise in Clinical Trials
in Allergies, on July 4, 2007
Cytos Biotechnology AG 's CYT003-QbG10 is an immunotherapeutic product candidate currently in development for the treatment of allergic diseases. This allergy product have previously shown strong efficacy in conjunction with a specific allergen in patients with house dust mite alle...
Danish Allergy Product Company, ALK-Abello A/S, Building Plant in Post Falls (Idaho)
in Allergies, on June 29, 2007
...nsitivity to allegens."
ALK-Abello A/S, based in Horsholm, Denmark and is a maker of allergy immunotherapy tablets.
Currently, the company has four products in its pipeline targeting grass po...
Reader Feedback on Grazax Allergy Vaccine
in Allergies, on June 13, 2007
I would like to re-post a comment left by "craig" on my entry on Grazax :
i was on one of the london trials of this over 3 years ago. It was a long study with comprehensive recording of daily responses and symptoms. it certainly helped me and i was symptom free for the whole summer. T...
Stem Cells May Stop/Reverse Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on April 13, 2007
... not yet known if the cure is permanent, or how long it might last (said Dr. Richard Burt, chief of Immunotherapy for Autoimmune Diseases at Northwestern), the fact still remains that this is a big le...
Sponsored Post: Taming Your Pet Allergies
in The Parenting Weblog, on April 6, 2007
...gen may be necessary. For more information consult your doctor to get tested or to see if immunotherapy is an option.
For more information on whole-home air cleaners, visit www.aprilaire.com .
Spon...
Sponsored Post: Taming Your Pet Allergies
in Allergies, on April 6, 2007
...gen may be necessary. For more information consult your doctor to get tested or to see if immunotherapy is an option.
For more information on whole-home air cleaners, visit www.aprilaire.com .
Spon...
Sponsored Post: Taming Your Pet Allergies
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 6, 2007
...gen may be necessary. For more information consult your doctor to get tested or to see if immunotherapy is an option.
For more information on whole-home air cleaners, visit www.aprilaire.com .
Spon...
Best Ways To Alleviate Allergies
in Allergies, on March 23, 2007
... the right medications (antihistamines, decongestants, antileukotriene)
Get your allergy shots (immunotherapy)
Clean up carpets, rugs, and bath mats
Dry your laundry indoors esp when the polle...
Allergy Shots: Effective But Unpopular
in Allergies, on March 6, 2007
...
Although it has been shown that immunotherapy injection is safe and effective for treating seasonal allergic rhinitis, surveys indicate that allergy shots are not a popular option among patient...
Oral Immunotherapy Dampens But May Not Cure Peanut Allergy
in Allergies, on March 3, 2007
... results are out .
Five of seven children with severe peanut allergy were able, after two years of immunotherapy, to tolerate a dose of 7.8 grams of peanut flour, equivalent to eating more than 13 pe...
Seasonal Allergies Throughout the Seasons?
in Allergies, on February 23, 2007
...rgies are encouraged to get ready. Those who were wise enough started would have started with their immunotherapy shots already, including those preferring the honey-method . But then it makes me thi...
McMaster University Needs Volunteers for an Allergy Study
in Allergies, on February 9, 2007
...niversity is currently recruiting participants to test GrassMATAMPL, a pre- seasonal specific immunotherapy for patients with proven type I hypersensitivity to cross reacting grass pollens causi...
Allergy Immunotherapy is Safe and Effective
in Allergies, on January 29, 2007
... A big 2,871-patient study confirms that allergy shots, also known as immunotherapy, are effective and safe for reducing symptoms of hay fever.
[snip]the Cochrane reviewers determined that...
Psorizide: Oral Treatment for Nickel Allergies
in Allergies, on January 25, 2007
...llergy), dyshidrotic hand/foot eczema, and psoriasis.
Apparently, the drug works similarly to the immunotherapy treatment for hay fever desensitizing shots, except that it's Psorizide(R) Forte is...
Rep. Kagen Receives FDA Warning for Manufacturing and Selling Allergy Shots
in Allergies, on January 15, 2007
Rep. Steve Kagen has received a warning letter from the FDA regarding his practice's apparent violation of federal law for manufacturing and selling allergy shots without a valid license. Kagen's clinics are compounding and selling allergy injection such as Poly RW, Super Ragweed, Poly ...
Grazax Pill Vaccine Against Hay Fever, Available Soon in the UK
in Allergies, on December 17, 2006
...aunched in Germany last month ) will make it to your pharmacies next month.
It is a form of immunotherapy (desensitisation treatment) containing an extract of timothy grass, and is known to be...
Pollinex Quattro Ragweed Allergy Vaccine Enters Last Stages of Development
in Allergies, on November 24, 2006
...llergies.
Other ragweed allergies in the oven :
DNA-based Ragweed Vaccine
Sublingual-Oral Immunotherapy for Short Ragweed Allergies ...
What is Rush Immunotherapy?
in Allergies, on November 23, 2006
... Have you ever heard of "rush immunotherapy"? Under normal conditions, immunotherapy involves receving shots containing small amounts of an allergen with the aim of gradually increasing yo...
Immunotherapy to Treat Semen Allergies
in Allergies, on November 14, 2006
...acceptable, long-term treatment for such conditions.
As used in treating other forms of allergies, immunotherapy might just work. In such a procedure, the patient is desensitized by regular exposure ...
Experimental Ragweed Allergy Vaccine: Hay Fever Relief in Just Six Weeks
in Allergies, on October 5, 2006
...respond to these drugs, and some experience adverse reactions. Thus, for such individuals, allergen immunotherapy, or subcutaneous injections of the allergen, is done. However this form of therapy inv...
Sublingual Immunotherapy to Overcome Pet Allergies
in Allergies, on July 27, 2006
...ud owner of "Raven," a puppy that found its way to his home.
The solution? Sublingual immunotherapy . Read how Marin has overcome his allergies here here....
Phase IIB Clinical Trials for Sublingual-Oral Immunotherapy for Short Ragweed Allergy
in Allergies, on July 24, 2006
... If everything goes well, we might have a sublingual-oral immunotherapy available to fight short ragweed allergies soon. Of course, soon can be anything from several months to a few years, ...
Collecting Bees and Hornets for Immunotherapy Drugs
in Allergies, on July 20, 2006
...treat those who are allergic to bees.
Read the story of someone who play a role in manufacturing immunotherapy shots for allergies to insect bites. Click here to read vespid-expert, Phillip ...
Allergy Skin Test: Ouch!
in Allergies, on May 22, 2006
...ame across a short news report about a woman who had an allergy skin test as a pre-requisite to immunotherapy . It wasn't the content of the news article that caught my attention (which di...
Novel Vaccine Against Brain Tumor Growth
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 28, 2006
...," says Heimberger. "Still, this is exciting to us because people have been trying to use immunotherapy against gliomas for a long time."
A yet undisclosed pharmaceutical company has ...
Immunotherapy Against Allergies
in Allergies, on April 23, 2006
...se who suffer from worse symptoms or longer-than-"normal" periods undergo what is called immunotherapy , wherein a patient receives a series of allergy shots to increase his tolerance to th...