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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 16 > New therapy may rob peanut allergies of bite

New therapy may rob peanut allergies of bite

Doctors are optimistic, but there are years of study to go

By Lauran Neergaard / The Bulletin
March 16, 2009

WASHINGTON — Scientists have the first evidence that life-threatening peanut allergies may be cured one day.

A few kids now are allergy-free thanks to a scary treatment — tiny amounts of the very food that endangered them.

Don’t try this at home. Doctors monitored....

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