An estimated 1.5 million children in the US are allergic to peanuts, an allergy that can often be so severe that the child who’s allergic can’t be in the same room as a peanut without their body freaking out and shutting down.
To counter that extreme reaction, researchers are working on a patch that works to lessen that severity. On October 26, a study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology found that the patch was safe and gave a “modest” treatment response.
