Summary

by Thomas Hughes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine For most people, a peanut butter sandwich poses no threat. But for the roughly 1.6 million children in the United States with peanut allergy, exposure can trigger a life-threatening reaction. Why some individuals are susceptible while others are not has remained one of the most pressing unsolved questions in allergy research.

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