[Lara]

http://www.mcri.edu.au/news/2015/jan...eanut-allergy/
Oral therapy could provide treatment for peanut allergy. 28/1/2015

Researchers from Murdoch Childrens Research Institute have successfully trialled a treatment for peanut allergies that could potentially provide a long term cure for allergy sufferers.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/253934993/...anut-allergies
Full Text Article
Administration of a probiotic with peanut oral immunotherapy: A randomized trial
Mimi L. K. Tang, PhD, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, PhD,Francesca Orsini, MSc,
Dean Tey, FRACP, Marnie Robinson, FRACP, Ee Lyn Su, FRACP, Paul Licciardi, PhD, Wesley Burks, MD, and Susan Donath, MA
Melbourne, Australia, and Chapel Hill, NC

[kiwi33]

With my day job (partly immunology) hat on, I think that it looks very promising.

The researcher's idea of using a "probiotic" (a bacterial strain) is a good one - it is part of what is a hot topic with biomedical scientists - there is increasing evidence that differences in the kinds of bacteria that normally live in the gut - the "gut microbiome" are important in both physical and mental health issues.

I hope that it gets confirmed by larger studies - 62 subjects in the study is not a big number.

[caroline2]

I had a bad reaction from a jar of planters peanut some time ago and don't buy peanuts anymore..but I seem OK with peanut butter, don't use a lot, but do. I often buy Cashew butter and use these nut butters on celery and applies.

I know some have Horrible peanut allergy, some children for sure. Peanuts contain a fungus, grown in the ground.