National Peanut Board - NPB Research & Education Projects

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NPB Funded Peanut Allergy Research and Education
Below is a list of some of the peanut allergy research and education projects that the National Peanut Board has allocated funding toward in an effort to help find solutions to peanut allergy issues. Only those studies that have been published are included below. If you would like more information about other NPB-funded projects that are currently ongoing, please contact us.

A Consensus Protocol For The Determination Of The Threshold Doses For Allergenic Foods: How Much Is Too Much?
Taylor SL, Hefle SL, Bindslev-Jensen C, Atkins FM, Andre C, Bruijnzeel-Koomen C, Burks AW, Bush RK, Ebisawa M, Eigenmann PA, Host A, Hourihane JO, Isolauri E, Hill DJ, Knulst A, Lack G, Sampson HA, Moneret-Vautrin DA, Rance F, Vadas PA, Yunginger JW, Zeiger RS, Salminen JW, Madsen C, Abbott P.
University of Nebraska, Food Allergy Research and Resource Program.

Clinical & Experimental Allergy
May 2004 (Vol. 34, Issue 5, Page 689-95)

Detection of peanut allergens in breast milk of lactating women
Vadas P, Wai Y, Burks W, Perelman B.
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, St Michael's Hospital

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
April 2001 (Vol. 285, Issue 13, Page: 1746-8)

Different Prevalence of Peanut Allergy in Children in Israel and UK is not Due to Differences in Atopy
Du Toit G, Katz Y, Sasieni P, Nitzan Kaluski D, Irit Livne I, Lack G

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
February 2006 (Vol. 117, Issue 2 (Supplement), Page S33)

Early consumption of peanuts in infancy is associated with a low prevalence of peanut allergy
Du Toit G, Katz Y, Sasieni P, Mesher D, Maleki SJ, Fisher HR, Fox AT, Turcanu V, Amir T, Zadik-Mnuhin G, Cohen A, Livne I, Lack G
King's College London, MRC and Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
November 2008 (Vol. 122, Issue 5, Page 984-91)

Effect of Anti-IgE Therapy in Patients with Peanut Allergy
Donald Y.M. Leung, M.D., Ph.D., Hugh A. Sampson, M.D., John W. Yunginger, M.D., A. Wesley Burks, Jr., M.D., Lynda C. Schneider, M.D., Cornelis H. Wortel, M.D., Ph.D., Frances M. Davis, Ph.D., John D. Hyun, B.S., William R. Shanahan, Jr., M.D.

The New England Journal of Medicine
March 2003 (Vol. 348, Number 11 Page 986-993)

Is the low prevalence of peanut allergy in Israel due to hypoallergenic peanut products?
S.J. Maleki, S.L. Hefle, H. Cheng, Y. Katz, G. Du Toit, G. Lack

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
February 2005 (Vol. 115, Issue 2, Page S35)

Oral Peanut Immunotherapy for Children with Peanut Allergy
S.D. Nash, P.H. Steele, J.S. Kamilaris, L. Pons, M.D. Kulis, L.A. Lee, A.M. Scurlock, K.P. Palmer, T.T. Perry, S.M. Jones, A.W. Burks

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
February 2008 (Vol. 121, Issue 2, Page S136)

Platelet-Activating Factor, PAF Acetylhydrolase, and Severe Anaphylaxis
Peter Vadas, M.D., Ph.D., Milton Gold, M.D., Boris Perelman, Ph.D., Gary M. Liss, M.D., Gideon Lack, M.D., Thomas Blyth, M.D., F. Estelle R. Simons, M.D., Keith J. Simons, Ph.D., Dan Cass, M.D., and Jupiter Yeung, Ph.D.

The New England Journal of Medicine
January 2008 (Vol. 358, Number 1, Page: 28-35)

Sunflower Seed Food Allergy as a Co-allergy with Peanut
S.S. Comstock, C. Kath, S.S. Teuber

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
January 2007 (Vol. 119, Issue 1, Page S116)

Education

The National Peanut Board also worked with the Food Allergy& Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) to fund a National Food Allergy Registry, A Food Allergy Management Training Program for Emergency Room Staff, and brochure on “Talking to Your Teen about Food Allergy.” NPB teamed up with FAAN and Time for Kids to create a poster and teacher’s guide entitled, “Every Body’s Different” which was distributed to classrooms across the country. The fun and informative poster integrates nutrition information as well as food allergy education.

In 2008, as an industry service, the National Peanut Board worked with the Culinary Institute of America to develop a free online training course, Food Allergies: Challenges & Opportunities for Food Service. Through informative text, video demonstrations, interviews and recipe ideas, the program offers effective training tools to help foodservice operators meet consumer needs without unnecessarily eliminating foods from their menus. Visit www.ciaprochef.com/foodallergies.