Abstract
Program Description:
This miniseminar includes didactic lectures, an audience-interactive section, and Q&A. The lectures will focus on why food allergies develop by taking a critical look at the latest scientific evidence available in the literature, the role of oral tolerance in human evolution, and the relationship of failure to achieve oral tolerance on the health of the individual, relevant immunology, non-immunologic food reactions versus immunologic reactions, both immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated and non-IgE-mediated, current methods of diagnosing food allergies, cutting-edge strategies such as component-resolved testing, skin and in vitro methods versus double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge.
Educational Objectives:
1) Analyze the literature comparing different methods for diagnosing food allergy. 2) Evaluate the scientific basis of IgE and non-IgE mediated food allergy. 3) Describe the currently available treatments for food allergy as well as future directions.
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