' Clostridia' gut bacteria protect against food allergies

A class of bacteria usually found in the gut of healthy people can be utilized to cure food allergies in the future, according to U.S. researchers.

The researchers at University of Chicago demonstrated a group of gut bacteria called Clostridia, which can block peanut allergies in mice. 

They want to harness the bacteria in a pill form, or copy their effects with a medicine to treat allergies beginning with food allergies. 

For every one cell that builds up the human body, there are 10 bacteria living on or in us. The team conducted experiments on mice brought up in sterile environments and had no bacteria in their gut.

It must be noted that mice have strong immune response to peanut - an allergy that can be lethal in some people. The researchers investigated whether adding different bacteria to the digestive tract of the animals had any effect. 

It was found that only the Clostridia group of bacteria, which includes some disease causing species such as C. difficle, can prevent allergic reaction. 

The researchers are also trying to look for another option by finding a drug which would have the same effect as the bacteria. 

The researchers hope that using bacteria can assist with desensitisation therapies, which involve giving regular, but small, doses of the substance stimulating the allergic response until the immune system becomes used to it. 

Previous research has indicated roles for our microbiome in everything from autism to obesity. Lead researcher Dr. Cathryn Nagler has said that we should not be surprised how powerful an effect these viruses, fungi and bacteria can have on our body.

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