Chris Brookes-Smith could have died from eating peanuts - but taking part in a clinical trial has changed his life.

Exposing children with peanut allergy to proteins from the legume is an approved treatment to reduce the risk of allergic ...

ADULTS can beat peanut allergies by eating tiny amounts with medical help and building up a tolerance, an NHS study suggests.

New seasonal allergies in adulthood can result from a genetic predisposition, exposure to new allergens, changes to your ...

Antibodies are best known for their ability to latch onto and neutralize bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. But these immune proteins can do more than that: They also activate other components of ...

Spring is the season of growth, and as Michiganders say goodbye to snow, pollen is the next visitor. Here's more on the ...

Grass and tree pollen counts are at very high levels, and those are the allergens affecting people and causing symptoms of coughing, sneezing and stuffy heads. Tree pollen is predicted by the Weather ...

Explore how our immune system balances defense against invaders and tolerates food proteins to prevent allergies and asthma.

According to experts, our gut microbiome and our immune system are connected. And new studies have proven the cellular link ...

For millions of people around the world, asthma is more than just a breathing problem—it is a chronic and often debilitating ...

Food allergies are slowly increasing within first world countries. According to the National Institute of Allergy and ...

New research zeroes in on a unique group of immune cells that could transform how we treat—and possibly prevent—severe food ...