Asthma Drug Blocks Food Allergy Reactions in Mice

Study authors Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD, the director of the Center for Human Immunobiology, and Adam Williams, PhD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy and Immunology conducting allergy research in their lab. (Northwestern University)

A drug already FDA-approved for asthma was found to nearly eliminate life-threatening allergic reactions to food allergens in mice, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study published in the journal Science.

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