With life-threatening food allergies on the rise, drug companies ramp up new approaches
date:Sep 28, 2018
cared, Will added.

So he's trying the Bamba approach only he's doing it through a clinical trial of a product developed by Aimmune.

Building a tolerance

Every night, Will mixes a packet of peanut powder into his food. Gradually, the dose increases. The idea: establish a tolerance to peanuts over time so that accidental exposure won't have dire consequences.

In the beginning, they start you on a very low dose, one one-hundredth of a peanut, Joanna said. Every two weeks, the dose increased, w

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