Allergy

'Allergies in childhood can be the first step of an allergic cascade leading to multiple allergies later in life,' says Nestlé

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Nestlé files patent for pregnancy probiotic

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Nestlé has filed a patent for probiotics to be taken during pregnancy and lactation, which it says help reduce the risk of allergies for the infant. 

Gut bacteria could predict food allergies

Gut bacteria could predict food allergies

By Niamh Michail

Levels and variety of infant gut bacteria may be used to predict food allergies or asthma, say researchers from the University of Alberta. 

Probiotics may offer hay fever benefit: RCT data

Probiotics may offer hay fever benefit: RCT data

By Nathan Gray

Daily consumption ofa drink containing Lactobacillus casei may alter the way our immune cells react to pollen in people suffering from hay fever, according to new research backed by Yakult and the BBSRC.

Food allergies grow in Japan

Food allergies grow in Japan

Biomerica, a global medical technology company, has been contracted
to develop a new food allergy test for the Kyowa Medex Company in
Japan, a subsidiary of Kyowa Hakko Kogyo, a leading Japanese
pharmaceutical company. Terms of the...

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