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Coles launches training academy for suppliers
Monday, 01 August 2011
Coles is currently launching a new quality management program, via a series of breakfast seminars hosted throughout Australia and New Zealand. The breakfast seminars are exclusive to Coles Brands suppliers.
Availability of autoinjectors among food allergic children
Monday, 01 August 2011
A recent study of food allergic children has found that only approximately 25% of school-aged children have their epinephrine autoinjector available while eating lunch or snacks. A slightly greater proportion (approximately 40%) of children younger than 5 years had an epinephrine autoinjector available at these times.
Read more: Availability of autoinjectors among food allergic children
The role of gene-environment interactions in food allergy prevalence
Monday, 01 August 2011
A recent paper discusses the current state of knowledge regarding genetic and environmental risk factors for food allergy. The authors believe further knowledge of the role of epigenetic modifications in gene-environment interactions is likely to provide an insight into aetiological and biological disease mechanisms.
Read more: The role of gene-environment interactions in food allergy prevalence
Cereal protein allergy and atopic dermatitis
Monday, 01 August 2011
Children with atopic dermatitis are frequently sensitised to cereal allergens. In a group of 61 children with atopic dermatitis 43% were determined to be sensitised to cereal allergens using skin prick analysis. The most common was allergy to proteins of wheat and rye.
Biomarkers for allergy found in newborn infants
Monday, 18 July 2011
Elevated levels of eosinophil protein-X in urine in at-risk newborn infants has been found to be an indicator of later development of allergic sensitization within the first 6 years of life.
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