NPB Research & Education Projects - National Peanut Board

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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.

Safety of a peanut oral immunotherapy protocol in children with peanut allergy
Hofmaan, A., Scurlock, A., Jones, S., Palmer, K., Lokhnygina, Y., Stelle, P., Kamilaris, J., Burks, W.Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. August 2009. (Vol. 124, Issue 2, Pages 286-291)

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

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, Pages 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)

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)

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)

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

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 Pages 986-993)

Detection of peanut allergens in breast milk of lactating women
Vadas P, Wai Y, Burks W, Perelman B. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. April 2001 (Vol. 285, Issue 13, Pages 1746-8)

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.