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Bacteria which naturally live inside our digestive system can help prevent allergies and may become a source of treatment, say US researchers.
The team at the University of Chicago showed a group of bacteria - Clostridia - could block peanut allergies in mice.
They hope to harness the bacteria in a pill form - or replicate their effects with a drug - in order to treat allergies.
Experts said it was a "very exciting" discovery.
For every one cell that builds up the human body there are ten bacteria living on or in us.
There is an emerging school of thought that this "microbiome" may be helping to fuel a rise in allergies around the world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28887088
The team at the University of Chicago showed a group of bacteria - Clostridia - could block peanut allergies in mice.
They hope to harness the bacteria in a pill form - or replicate their effects with a drug - in order to treat allergies.
Experts said it was a "very exciting" discovery.
For every one cell that builds up the human body there are ten bacteria living on or in us.
There is an emerging school of thought that this "microbiome" may be helping to fuel a rise in allergies around the world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28887088