Smash and gag: Life with an avocado allergy
non ige mediated allergy :: Article Creator The Future Of IgE-mediated Allergy Research And Treatments In her laboratory, Cecilia Berin, Ph.D., the Bunning Professor of Food Allergy Research, studies the immune basis of allergy and tolerance to foods. In a recent editorial published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, Berin discusses the current state of treatments for IgE-mediated food allergies (which currently affect roughly 8% of the U.S. Population), targeting type 2 immune responses and next steps for food allergy research and treatment development. What are IgE-mediated food allergies and how are they diagnosed? The basis of IgE-mediated food allergies lies in a type of antibody called IgE. When these antibodies see the allergens for which they are specific—whether that's pollen, peanuts or something else—the allergens bind to the antibodies and those antibodies activa...