Food allergy treatment is undergoing a paradigm shift with new therapies emerging, including the recent FDA approval of omalizumab — but without evidence of disease modification and with uncertain quality-of-life improvement, it may not be a panacea for all.
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K.P.P. is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) fellowship (GNT2008911) and a Melbourne Children’s Clinician–Scientist Fellowship. Research at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government’s Operational Infrastructure Support Program.
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Perrett, K.P. The hype and hope of new food allergy treatments. Nat Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02952-5
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