Allergies

New findings in allergies described from National Institute of Health Science

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 11th, 2010

New research, 'Confirmation of a predicted lack of IgE binding to Cry3Bb1 from genetically modified (GM) crops,' is the subject of a report. "Some GM crops including MON863 corn and stack varieties contain Cry3Bb1 protein. Cry3Bb1 is very important from the standpoint of assessing the safety of GM crops," scientists writing in the journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology report.

"In this study Cry3Bb1 was assessed from the standpoint of possible binding to IgE from allergy patients. First, an ELISA that was improved in our laboratory was used to test serum samples from 13 corn allergy patients in the United States with recombinant Cry3Bb1 expressed in...

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