Clinical trial reveals skin patch can improve tolerance for those with peanut allergy

A "peanut patch" applied to the skin improved tolerance of the popular snack in children allergic to the seed, with more than a third able to tolerate the equivalent of one to four peanuts after 12 months.

Paediatric allergist Dr Aideen Byrne described the outcome of the clinical trial as “another step in the treatment of peanut allergy where previously we had nothing at all”.