Irish experts to study fatal allergies

Leading Irish experts are set to participate in the world’s largest study into potentially fatal childhood allergies — which could uncover their hidden causes and force changes to food and drink labels.

Irish experts to study fatal allergies

The team from University College Cork has been asked to take part in the multimillion-euro project alongside specialists from Britain, Europe, Australia, and the US.

The €9m initiative, which starts this week, will focus on 14,000 children aged between 5 and 7 in an attempt to find new ways to protect an estimated 20m people in Europe alone who are at risk of deadly allergies.

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