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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

Children given trigger foods to treat serious allergies as parents hail 'miracle' NHS trial

Doctors and parents have hailed a potentially "life-transforming" breakthrough in allergy treatment after early trial results showed that eating small amounts of trigger foods could build up immunity in children.

Five hospitals have so far joined a £2.5million clinical trial set up in memory of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died in 2016 after suffering a severe allergic reaction to sesame baked into a Pret baguette.

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