Over 80 percent of children between 6 and 11 in a recent trial were able to eat four-times as much peanuts after treatment with a special skin patch.
Salivating at your friend’s PB&J but can’t have a bite due to peanut allergies? You’re not alone, but one company says it can help you — with just a skin patch.
In new data released at Sunday’s American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology conference, DBV Technologies reported that 83.3 percent of children aged 6 to 11 who participated in a three-year trial of its Viaskin Peanut patch could eat 1 or more grams of peanut protein (four peanuts or more) without suffering an allergic reaction.
