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6:50AM | posted by Shelley Ng | March 7, 2011 | comments: 0
Allergy 101: What Is It, Who Suffers From Them
Why is it that if a child who's allergic to peanut butter eats just a small amount, the reaction is so much bigger. The lungs stop working, the skin breaks out all over the body. Why does something this little cause such a much bigger reaction?
Now we know. Researchers have discovered that when a cell starts allergic reaction, it throws out little webs, instantly communicating with all the others cells. This breakthrough explaining how and why reactions spread so fast happened right here in New York at Mt. Sinai Hospital.
We spoke to Dr. Hugh Sampson, who lead the the discovery, about his research, what an allergy is and why some people have allergies while others don't.
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