The way our body’s immune system responds to allergens is very similar to the way it responds to parasitic worm infections – and some scientists have a theory for why.
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Severe allergies are on the rise – could our diet be to blame?
A Harvard University researcher last week suggested western women stop breastfeeding after a couple of months to reduce the risk of passing potentially harmful toxins on to infants via breast milk.
There have long been two schools of thought on what causes allergies. New stats are much more helpful to one than the other.
There are two types of perfume in the world: the fast turnover celebrity perfumes, designed to hit the market and make profits before a star’s capital wanes; and the timeless classics, with their expensive…
The excitement of sunshine and warm weather that comes with the approaching summer is tempered for some by the sneezing, itchy eyes and congested airways that accompanies it. Hay fever, or seasonal allergic…
Changes to the genes of people that undergo oral immunotherapy because of a peanut allergy could provide a way of testing if the treatment is working, according to findings in a new study. Peanut allergies…
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Respiratory Allergy Stream member, National Allergy Centre of Excellence; Associate Professor, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Respiratory Allergy Stream Co-chair, National Allergy Centre of Excellence; Professor and Head, Allergy Research Group, Queensland University of Technology
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Evidence and Translation Lead, National Allergy Centre of Excellence; Chief Investigator, Centre of Food Allergy Research; Associate Professor and Group Leader, Childhood Allergy & Epidemiology Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland
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Paediatric Allergist and Gastroenterologist, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Consultant Paediatrician and Senior Lecturer in Child Health, University of Aberdeen
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Professor, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School and Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney
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