A skin patch with peanut protein may become a safe new way to treat peanut allergy in toddlers, NIAID's Alkis Togias writes in NEJM.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Good News for Toddlers with Peanut Allergy A skin patch containing a very small amount of peanut protein may become a safe new way to treat peanut allergy in toddlers, NIAID's Alkis Togias, M.D., writes in a New England Journal of Medicine editorial on the results of the EPITOPE trial. The study found that among 1- to 3-year-olds with peanut allergy, a patch that delivers peanut protein to the skin was more effective than a placebo patch at desensitizing the children to peanut and increasing the amount of peanut they could safely eat after a year of treatment. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  |  National Institutes of Health Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact Subscriber Help. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).                             This email was sent to edwardlorilla1986.paxforex@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 5601 Fishers Lane · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 1-866-284-4107