Dr. Hugh Sampson: “Babies Who Eat Peanuts Early May Avoid Allergy”
A groundbreaking new study determined that after 5 years, children who ate peanut snacks on a regular basis were far less likely to be allergic to them than those that didn’t. “It’s a major landmark study,” says Scott Sicherer, MD, a professor of pediatrics, allergy and immunology at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. In a second study, scientists have figured out how to deliver immunotherapy through the Viaskin skin patch. “This is a new way to deliver immunotherapy,” says study author Hugh Sampson, MD, a pediatric allergist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Learn more
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Welcomes New Chief of Clinical Immunology
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