Imagine having a terrible medical condition and not knowing what it was.
More than 400,000 Albertans have a rare disease. Many of them face challenges getting the right diagnosis, let alone finding the right specialist and obtaining effective treatment. Some cases are deadly; others can have a major impact on a patient’s day-to-day life.
Advances in genetic screening in the last two decades mean a higher percentage of these diseases are diagnosed. But current tests which rely largely on DNA sequencing have their limitations, said Peter Kannu, associate professor and chair of the University of Alberta’s Department of Medical Genetics.
Two Reasons Why Babies Develop Food Allergies by Hannah Joy on April 21, 2021 at 5:14 PM
Babies born by a C-section to mothers of Asian descent are eight times more likely to develop peanut allergy by age three, reveals a new study.
Researchers have found a causal link between caesarean section birth, low intestinal microbiota and peanut sensitivity in infants, and they report the effect is more pronounced in children of Asian descent than others, in a recently published paper in the journal of the
American Gastroenterological Association. It s important to know what predicts or increases risk of food sensitivities because they predict which infants will go on to develop asthma and other types of allergies, said Anita Kozyrskyj, pediatrics professor in the University of Alberta s Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and adjunct professor in the School of Public Health.
Food allergy, gut bacteria tied to birth method and ethnicity
Researchers have found a causal link between caesarean section birth, low intestinal microbiota and peanut sensitivity in infants, and they report the effect is more pronounced in children of Asian descent than others, in a recently published paper in the journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.
“It’s important to know what predicts or increases risk of food sensitivities because they predict which infants will go on to develop asthma and other types of allergies,” said Anita Kozyrskyj, pediatrics professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and adjunct professor in the School of Public Health.
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IMAGE: Anita Kozyrskyj (right) and main collaborator Hein Tun found a causal link between caesarean section birth, low levels of key gut bacteria and peanut sensitivity in babies particularly among those of. view more
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Researchers have found a causal link between caesarean section birth, low intestinal microbiota and peanut sensitivity in infants, and they report the effect is more pronounced in children of Asian descent than others, in a recently published paper in the journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. It s important to know what predicts or increases risk of food sensitivities because they predict which infants will go on to develop asthma and other types of allergies, said Anita Kozyrskyj, pediatrics professor in the University of Alberta s Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and adjunct professor in the School of Public Health.