Arkansas Children’s Hospital co-led study finds promise for peanut-allergy sufferers

by Talk Business & Politics staff (staff2@talkbusiness.net) January 21, 2022 10:54 am

A newly released study indicated that childhood peanut allergies could be desensitized with oral immunotherapy treatments, and some children could achieve remission.

The clinical trial was co-led by Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) and UAMS researcher Stacie Jones, M.D. The results were published Jan. 21 in the medical journal The Lancet.

The youngest trial participants and those who started with lower levels of peanut-specific antibodies were the most likely to be successful.

https://talkbusiness.net/2022/01/arkansas-childrens-hospital-co-led-study-finds-promise-for-peanut-allergy-sufferers/

Arkansas Children’s Research Institute Gets $11.5 Million To Study Obesity Prevention

By TALK BUSINESS & POLITICS STAFF

Scientists at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will continue studying the impacts of childhood obesity after the National Institutes of Health awarded $11.5 million in renewed funding to the ACRI Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention.

The grant will fund further improvements to the center’s existing research infrastructure and ensure development of more scientists with expertise in childhood obesity.

Led by Dr. Judith Weber, the multidisciplinary Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention anchors the pediatric obesity program at Arkansas Children’s. Weber also serves as associate dean for research and a professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, as well as a professor in the pediatrics.

https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/post/arkansas-children-s-research-institute-gets-115-million-study-obesity-prevention

Arkansas Children's Hospital

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