Probiotic treatment cures peanut allergy in children

Gizmag Last year, scientists from the University of Chicago found that a probiotic therapy using a common gut bacteria prevented sensitization to peanut allergens – in mice. Now researchers at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia, have shown that a similar probiotic treatment, this time involving Lactobacillus rhamnosus, has a similar effect, but this time in children... Continue Reading Probiotic treatment cures peanut allergy in children 

Section: Health and Wellbeing 

Tags: Allergies, Australia, Bacteria, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Peanut, Probiotic 

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