Humans can someday tear open a packet of the 'polymeric micelles' and stir the contents into a glass of water or juice to counteract their allergies.
The most common types of food allergies are triggered by antibodies in the body called immunoglobulin E or IgE. "When someone has a food allergy, IgE is part of triggering a response when the immune system comes into contact with that food. It releases histamine and other inflammatory chemicals which causes the symptoms of food allergy,"in an interview.
The study researchers — Jeffrey Hubbell, Ph.D., one of the project’s principal investigators , co-PI Cathryn Nagler, Ph.D. Ruyi Wang, Ph.D., along with Cao — tried treating allergies by replacing mising microorganisms either orally or with a, which did not work well in the clinic. They then wondered if they could just deliver the metabolites directly, as in a healthy microbiome.
Dosing the allergic mice with the micelles prevented a life-threatening anaphylactic response when they were exposed to peanuts.
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