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We accelerate the discovery of life-saving food allergy treatments. A research engine uniting top scientists to bring breakthrough discoveries from bench to bedside. Powered by collaboration, driven by impact. foodallergyscience.org
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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Apr 11
At FASI, we unite experts from top institutions to uncover the root causes of food allergies. By bridging immunology and neurobiology, we aim to stop allergic reactions before they start.

#foodallergy #research #neuroimmunology #prevention
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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Aug 8
Thank you for highlighting this important discovery @snacksafely.bsky.social #foodallergy #immunosky #microbiomesky #medsky #pedsky #science
snacksafely.bsky.social SnackSafely @snacksafely.bsky.social · Aug 8
Exciting, potentially game-changing news in food allergy treatment! Researchers have found that an already FDA-approved drug for asthma blocked anaphylaxis in mice via a newly discovered pathway. #foodallergies
Asthma drug shows promise in blocking food allergy reactions
Study finds a new biological trigger for anaphylaxis and a drug that stops it
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Science Magazine @science.org · Jul 28
In a recent #ScienceImmunology Review, researchers discuss how interactions between the nervous and immune systems could impact neurological disorders and allergy-related behaviors like food avoidance.

Learn more: scim.ag/4mpgzE5
A graphic showing that interactions between the nervous system and type 2 immunity occur across multiple organs depending on the context of allergic triggers or injury.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Aug 7
What is the mechanism of food-induced anaphylaxis?
Today @science.org unravelled
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Gut mast cell leukotriene release
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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Aug 7
Incredible work by @rmedhitov.bsky.social! We are grateful to support his work and that he guides FASI!
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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Aug 7
Funded by @FASI.
Driven by scientists.
Designed to save lives.

Learn more about the research:
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#FoodAllergy #Anaphylaxis #Science #GutHealth #Immunology
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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Aug 7
Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth found that the same molecules make the gut lining leaky—allowing more allergen into the bloodstream.

That leakiness may be what pushes a reaction from uncomfortable… to life-threatening.

Her team also showed Zileuton stopped this leak—and prevented anaphylaxis.
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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Aug 7
FASI Scientific Founder Dr. Ruslan Medzhitov discovered that special gut cells release leukotrienes—molecules that amplify allergic inflammation.

Block those molecules, stop the cascade.

When mice were treated with the asthma drug Zileuton, they were fully protected from food-induced anaphylaxis.
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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Aug 7
Why do some allergic reactions turn deadly—while others stay mild?

Two new @science.org papers, funded by @FASI and led by our researchers, uncover the gut–immune connection that may hold the answer. 🧵👇

#FoodAllergy #Anaphylaxis #immunosky #GutHealth #allergysky #medsky #microbiomesky
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Clinical and Experimetal Allergy - Prof Shamji and Dr Boyle @cea01.bsky.social · Jul 31
Siglecs may hold the key to safer, more effective food allergy therapy. New findings show how targeting these immune receptors could reduce allergic reactions at the source. #FoodAllergy #Immunology #Siglecs

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Exploring Siglecs: Potential Modulators of Immune Cells in Food Allergy and Therapeutic Applications
Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectins (Siglecs) are inhibitory receptors present on all immune cells involved in the allergic reaction. Currently, research is mostly focussed on targeting S....
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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Aug 1
We are thrilled to have Dr. Nicholas Betley, Assistant Professor of Biology University of Pennsylvania join us at our 2025 Symposium.

Register today: foodallergyscience.org/fasi-symposi...

#immunosky #medsky #allergysky #science
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Jul 16
The Global Grants for Gut Health are now open. If your research explores how nutrition affects the gut #microbiome or barrier function, you may be eligible to apply for one of three grants each offering up to USD$100K. Apply here: go.nature.com/4kb9cO1 #Academicsky 🍎📃
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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Jul 18
Join us on Friday, September 12th, 2025 for FASI’s 2025 Symposium!

To Register and view the agenda, Click Here: foodallergyscience.org/fasi-symposi...

#foodallergy #immunosky #allergysky #medsky
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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Jul 18
@blackasphodel.bsky.social yes! All of our research into IgE mediated food allergies is applicable to Alpha-Gal.
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Dr van Tilburg @drvantilburg.bsky.social · Jul 11
Big win for early allergen introduction! 🥜🍳👶 New guidelines on introducing allergenic foods to babies have drastically reduced food allergies—from 12% down to just 4% in high-risk infants. #FoodAllergy #PediatricHealth #EarlyFeeding #ParentingTips www.jaci-inpractice.org/article/S221...
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The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social · Jul 10
Our August issue is out now at www.thelancet.com/gastrohep!

Content includes Crohn’s disease, MASLD, faecal incontinence, variceal bleeding, food allergies, and more…

#GastroSky #LiverSky #MedSky #IBDSky
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Sar Crespi @boron110.bsky.social · Jun 17
In the latest ep of the @science.org Podcast I'm joined by researcher Sarita Patil. We talk about how "convergent” antibodies may underlie the growing number of people allergic to peanuts.

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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Jul 9
We are thrilled to have Dr. Bradford Lowell, Professor of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center join us at our 2025 Symposium on September 12, 2025 at The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

Register today: foodallergyscience.org/fasi-symposi...

#medsky #allergysky #immunosky
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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · Jul 8
🥜 Food Allergies may start in the Skin, not just the Gut🥜

Damaged skin (as with eczema) can let food proteins in, priming IgE responses that later trigger gut Mast Cells, which drives allergic reactions & anaphylaxis. buff.ly/Nfo06vB

#medsky #pedsky #foodallergy #immunosky 🛟🧪
Complex chart showing a peanut above the skin layer with S. Aureus bacteria. This triggers a chain of reaction in the skin and in the lymph nodes. When the baby eats the peanut, it triggers the tuft cells and SAP and this eventually causes mast cells to degranulate.
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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Jun 28
We are thrilled to have Dr. Ivan de Araujo, FASI Principal Investigator and Director of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics join us at our 2025 Symposium on September 12, 2025 at The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

Register today: foodallergyscience.org/fasi-symposi...
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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Jun 28
We are thrilled to have Dr. Christina Wierenga, Professor of Psychiatry University of California San Diego join us at our 2025 Symposium on September 12, 2025 at The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

Register today: foodallergyscience.org/fasi-symposi...

#immunosky #allergysky #foodallergy
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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Jun 28
FASI investigator Dr. Sarita Patil examined the structure of antibodies that bind peanut allergens & found a variety of antibodies that can bind peanut allergens!

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#allergysky #pedsky #immunosky #medsky

Photo credit: Monica Fernández-Quintero/Johannes R. Loeffler
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Food Allergy Science Initiative @foodallergyscience.org · Jun 11
Great Research spotlight! One of our FASI funded PIs @danmucida.bsky.social is one of the five papers! Stay tuned as we plan to share more about that work next month!
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