Creating an allergy-free future
Let’s talk allergy!
Allergies arise when the body has an overreaction to certain foreign particles, called allergens, not because the allergens are detrimental to the body.
There are many types of allergies. Some allergies are seasonal and others are year-round. Some allergies may be life-long. The most common ones are listed below:
Drug Allergy
Food Allergy
Insect Allergy
Latex Allergy
Mold Allergy
Pet Allergy
Pollen Allergy
The CURE — Manipulating Immune system!
Probably the simplest possible way of treating an allergy maybe by making our immune system believe that an ingested substance is safe for our mortal body.
The way it’s accomplished is by introducing direct shots of allergens directly into the bloodstream, in hope that the allergens will get registered in the body’s learning centre (i.e liver or spleen). If the successful body will memorize that these allergens are harmless and will satisfy an epicure’s desire for food which they always had but their body denied!
Recent developments in the field
A recent study on nanoparticles treating asthma published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggested that it’s possible to trick our bodies to believe that the allergen is safe by coating it with discrete nanoparticles, which are detected by the body as just dust particles and further paves the way for an allergen towards leaning centres of our body, later the nanoparticles dissolves and releases the allergen.
That’s how the sufferer’s body learns to let it pass without disguise the next time it enters the wonderland (human body).
What’s Next?
With the evolution of and advancement in this technique one day it may become a cure for asthma and other autoimmune diseases. Currently, Cour Pharmaceuticals is working on this technology and have made significant progress in the field.
Key takeaway
It is very much possible that in the next 10 years humankind may accomplish a permanent cure for an extensive range of allergies resulting in a safer and healthy society for us to thrive in.
