Peanut allergy protection just got easier: peanut vaccine in a patch
A peanut patch vaccine is the newest option being studied for children with severe allergy to peanuts. The two types of “vaccine” that have received the greatest study are oral immunotherapy (OIT), and sublingual immune therapy (SLIT). Both approaches are flawed and thus have not been approved by the FDA. Oral therapy provides the best results in terms of vaccine protection against peanut exposure, but it has an intolerably high frequency of side effects. Sublingual therapy is less prone to…