Peanut
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Soon you may no longer have to choose between better-tasting and better-for-you. Scientists have developed a method of boosting the antioxidant levels of milk chocolate up to those of its dark counterpart, while also putting a waste product to new use.
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In western cultures, peanut allergies are the leading cause of food-related anaphylaxis death. Needless to say, therefore, people with such allergies need to be protected against exposure to the nuts – and a skin patch may help provide that protection.
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Peanut shells are generally considered to be a worthless agricultural byproduct. That could be about to change, however, as scientists have developed an air-purifying filter that utilizes the shells.
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Researchers at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia, have shown that a probiotic treatment involving Lactobacillus rhamnosus, has given children with peanut allergies the ability to safely eat peanuts.
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Wade Yang from the University of Florida is taking a different approach to allow those with allergies to eat peanuts. Rather than altering the body's response to peanut allergens, he is altering the peanuts themselves.
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Researchers have managed to rapidly turn off the allergic response to peanuts in mice by tricking the immune system into thinking the nut proteins aren't a threat.
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The Argentine National Institute for Industrial Technology is taking an interesting alternative approach to the green revival interest in natural dyes: they're experimenting with the extraction of pigments from agricultural waste.
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In a discovery that could have implications for the millions of food allergy sufferers worldwide, researchers have discovered a way to turn off the immune system’s allergic reaction to certain proteins in mice.
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Peanut allergies are very common - roughly one in every 200 children will suffer from a reaction, and peanuts are the leading cause of food-related deaths. So it's good to hear that researchers may have discovered a cure for peanut allergies.