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Meet the Allergen Bureau Management Committee
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
The Allergen Bureau Management Committee is an advisory body to the AFGC. It is comprised of four Member Representatives elected on a rolling (two x 2 year) biennial basis from Member Company nominees. The recent election of these nominees provides a timely opportunity to introduce the group responsible for directing the overall operations of the Allergen Bureau.
Millions to be spent on food allergy research
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
A new US$29.9 million grant provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US will provide continued funding for the Consortium of Food Allergy Research. With this funding, the Consortium will continue to work on new approaches to prevent and treat food allergies and also expand in scope to include research on the genetic causes underlying food allergy and studies of food allergy-associated eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases.
Melbourne researchers make coeliac breakthrough
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Professor Bob Anderson, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, and his colleagues have recently reported a breakthrough in understanding and treating coeliac disease. They have now identified three key molecules that account for the majority of the immune response to gluten that is observed in people with coeliac disease.
Gluten-free market in Australia expected to increase
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Forecasting by consumer analyst group Datamonitor indicates the Australian gluten-free market will increase over the next five years to a total of US$98.6 million, with the worldwide market set to grow by US$1.2 billion in the same period, to a total worth of over US$4.3 billion.
Read more: Gluten-free market in Australia expected to increase
Newborn allergy screen developed in Australia
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Australian researchers have developed a simple blood test to determine a child’s risk of developing allergies, based on detection of a protein that appears in the immune cells of newborn babies. The researchers believe the test will enable earlier and more precise detection of allergy, allowing for more careful management of the disease.
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