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Re:New Peanut Allergy Drug Shows ‘Lifesaving’ Potential by thanosnose on Monday November 19, 2018 @09:04AM (#18486434)
Israeli scientists have already shown that early childhood exposure to peanuts can prevent these allergies.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-kids-help-prove-early-...

Also, peanut allergies hardly affect anyone. As a society, why waste resources on such endeavors when we have diseases like cancer that affect millions every year?

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Re:New Peanut Allergy Drug Shows ‘Lifesaving’ Potential by Mvandenbergh on Monday November 19, 2018 @09:40AM (#18486665)
1) The incidence of peanut allergies has been sky-rocketing.

2) If we could cure cancer with peanut flour, I'm sure we would. Unfortunately that one's a bit harder.

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Re:New Peanut Allergy Drug Shows ‘Lifesaving’ Potential by thomnottom on Monday November 19, 2018 @09:10AM (#18486483)
* In kids that don't already have the allergy. In which case early exposure may kill them.
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Re:New Peanut Allergy Drug Shows ‘Lifesaving’ Potential by thanosnose on Monday November 19, 2018 @09:20AM (#18486537)
Even kids with allergies benefit.

"—Among children with some reaction to peanuts on the skin test: Only 11 percent of peanut eaters developed an allergy versus 35 percent of abstainers."

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Re:New Peanut Allergy Drug Shows ‘Lifesaving’ Potential by ljf on Monday November 19, 2018 @09:22AM (#18486550)
Hardly anyone? Already hitting 1 in 50 children in the UK.
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