Funding will help uncover immune system differences that trigger food allergies

(Children's National Health System) Adora A. Lin, M.D., Ph.D., an attending physician in Children's department of Allergy and Immunology, was awarded $240,000 to improve understanding of how children's immune systems tolerate or react to certain food allergens -- sometimes triggering a cascade of side effects that can be fatal.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news