Food allergy and omics

GK Dhondalay, E Rael, S Acharya, W Zhang… - Journal of allergy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Food allergy (FA) prevalence has been increasing over the last few decades and is now a
global health concern. Current diagnostic methods for FA result in a high number of false-
positive results, and the standard of care is either allergen avoidance or use of epinephrine
on accidental exposure, although currently with no other approved treatments. The
increasing prevalence of FA, lack of robust biomarkers, and inadequate treatments warrants
further research into the mechanism underlying food allergies. Recent technological …