Infant Colic and Food Allergies
Monday, April 6, 2015 at 9:45PM 3/23/2015: FARE Funds Research
The Food Allergy Research and Education organization awarded $75K to $150 per year for more than one year to fund the salary of doctors to study vaccines for egg and peanut allergy; microbial and dietary exposures early in life; blood vessel flue leak leading to food allergy; pregnancy and breastfeeding impact on allergies; peanut allergies protective responses. [1]
3/19/2015: Infant Colic and Food Allergies
According to Switzerland’s Nutrients it appears that there may be a link between food allergies and colic in infants. Eliminating cow’s milk from an infant’s diet or the mother’s diet, if breastfed, may show a reduction in colic. There is no proof, only speculation at this point. [2]
3/12/2015: ARC Finances Food Allergy Treatment
Allergen Research Corporation ('ARC'), announced the completion of an $80 million financing for a treatment for peanut, egg and milk allergies. ARC develops treatments for food allergies using oral desensitization by combining standardized, pharmaceutical-grade food allergens with controlled up-dosing protocols to desensitize patients and increase the thresholds at which they could experience allergic reactions. [3]
1 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-03/far-far032315.php