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Skin emollient and early complementary feeding to prevent infant atopic dermatitis (PreventADALL): a factorial, multicentre, cluster-randomised trial
Publication date: Available online 19 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Håvard Ove Skjerven, Eva Maria Rehbinder, Riyas Vettukattil, Marissa LeBlanc, Berit Granum, Guttorm Haugen, Gunilla Hedlin, Linn Landrø, Benjamin J Marsland, Knut Rudi, Kathrine Dønvold Sjøborg, Cilla Söderhäll, Anne Cathrine Staff, Kai-Håkon Carlsen, Anna Asarnoj, Karen Eline Stensby Bains, Oda C Lødrup Carlsen, Kim M Advocaat Endre, Peder Annæus Granlund, Johanne Uthus HermansenSummaryBackgroundSkin emollients applied during early infancy could prevent atopic dermatitis, and early complementary food introduction might reduce food all...
Source: The Lancet - February 21, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Effects of nonthermal food processing technologies on food allergens: A review of recent research advances
Publication date: Available online 2 February 2018 Source:Trends in Food Science & Technology Author(s): Flora-Glad Chizoba Ekezie, Jun-Hu Cheng, Da-Wen Sun Background The increasing prevalence of food allergy cases is an issue of global concern. As a result, scientific innovations have been taking place to induce chemical modifications for achieving attenuation of allergenic responses in sensitive individuals or for manufacturing hypoallergenic foods using food processing technologies. Conventional processing techniques involving heat treatment are usually exploited, but may be accompanied by dramatic changes in ...
Source: Trends in Food Science and Technology - February 2, 2018 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Assessment of dietary food and nutrient intake and bone density in children with eczema.
CONCLUSIONS: Dietary restrictions are common among Chinese children with eczema in Hong Kong, who have a lower calcium, vitamin D, and iron intake. Nonetheless, such practice is not associated with changes to bone mineral density or bone resorptive biomarker. PMID: 28775219 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hong Kong Medical Journal - August 5, 2017 Category: General Medicine Tags: Hong Kong Med J Source Type: research

Effect of processing on conformational changes of food proteins related to allergenicity
Conclusions Most physical processes (heat, pressure, radiation, and ultrasound) affect conformational epitopes (destroy, mask or expose) of food proteins by altering their secondary and tertiary structures whereas the linear/sequential epitopes are affected mainly through bio-chemical (fermentation and enzymatic hydrolysis) treatments. Processing may also influence the interaction of food proteins with other ingredients via Maillard reaction and give rise to formation of new allergenic compound (neo-allergens). Processing induced changes to food proteins can largely affect their susceptibility to gastrointestinal digestion...
Source: Trends in Food Science and Technology - January 11, 2016 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Allergenicity of roasted peanuts treated with a non-human digestive protease
This study investigated the effects of ultrasound-assisted alcalase treatment on the concentrations of major allergenic proteins (Ara h 1 and Ara h 2) in roasted peanut kernels and the allergenicity of treated peanut extracts. Peanut kernels were sonicated for 1h in buffer solution, incubated with different amount of alcalase for various time, then vacuum dried. The variations of Ara h 1 and Ara h 2 contents in soluble and insoluble portions of peanuts treatments were evaluated by sandwich ELISA and SDS-PAGE, respectively. The in vitro IgE-binding capacity of treated peanut extracts was determined by a competitive inhibiti...
Source: Food Research International - February 1, 2015 Category: Food Science Source Type: research

Diet of hookworms to tackle a bread allergy
James Logan, a biologist at the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine also tried leeches and is thinking about maggot therapy• Read about more scientists who go to extremes lengthsA lot of people don't realise that just one metre below your feet walking along Gower Street or Malet Street in London, you have thousands upon thousands of very hungry, potentially dangerous insects.In the basement we have our insectary colonies where we keep lots of different species of mosquitoes, found in all parts of the world. None of them are infected with malaria, but they are in very high numbers. We also have bed bugs, house dust mi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 1, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Josh Davis Tags: Allergies Health Medical research Society Technology Features Animals Insects The Observer Environment Science Wildlife Source Type: news

A duodenal mass and acute pancreatitis.
In conclusion, the diagnosis of eosinophilic gastroenteritis should be considered in the patients with a duodenal mass. PMID: 24226730 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology - June 1, 2013 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Cakır OO, Bıyık M, Güngör G, Ataseven H, Demir A, Tavlı L Tags: Turk J Gastroenterol Source Type: research