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New Skin Patch Protects Against Peanut Allergy Attacks

The patch is the size of a quarter and delivers small amounts of peanut protein through the skin.
A patch might help treat or prevent peanut allergies in kids.
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Food allergies, especially to the dreaded peanut, are on nearly every parent’s list of things to fear. So when a kid takes that very first bite of a PB&J, parents hold their breath until they know, for sure, that their child can still

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