Inland Arthritis Center - Dr Ioana Moldovan

11/03/2025

Canada developed an mRNA vaccine that eliminates peanut allergies — in just 4 injections 💉
Canadian researchers at McMaster University created an mRNA vaccine (same technology as COVID vaccines) that reprograms the immune system to tolerate peanuts, curing severe peanut allergies in 89% of patients after just four doses.
The breakthrough: Traditional allergy treatments slowly expose you to tiny amounts of allergen over years. This mRNA vaccine teaches your immune cells to recognize peanut proteins as harmless in just 3 months.
Clinical trial results: 120 patients with life-threatening peanut allergies received the vaccine. After 4 monthly injections:

89% could eat peanuts without reaction
7% showed reduced severity
4% saw no improvement
Zero cases of anaphylaxis during treatment

One patient who previously went into shock from peanut traces can now eat PB&J sandwiches daily. The effect appears permanent — follow-ups show immunity lasting 2+ years so far.
The same mRNA platform is being adapted for shellfish, tree nut, egg, and milk allergies. Canada expects regulatory approval by late 2026.
For parents of allergic children, this could mean freedom from constant fear. No more reading every label, carrying EpiPens, or avoiding birthday parties.
Source: McMaster University Medical Centre, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2025

10/15/2025

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A Nobel Prize just went to scientists who found a way to stop your immune system from attacking you.

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded for one of the most important discoveries in immunology: the biological system that keeps your immune system from turning on you.

Your immune cells are trained to destroy viruses, bacteria, and other foreign invaders. But that power has to be kept in check – or it can misfire, attacking your own organs. The process that prevents this is called peripheral immune tolerance, and it’s largely controlled by a type of cell called the regulatory T cell.

This year’s Nobel went to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for uncovering the genetic and cellular systems that make this immune self-regulation possible.

Back in 1995, Sakaguchi identified a previously unknown class of T cells that seemed to hold back the immune system from attacking the body. A few years later, Brunkow and Ramsdell discovered the gene that controlled them – FOXP3 – after studying a rare, fatal autoimmune disease in children. They found that when this gene is mutated, the immune system becomes unregulated and begins destroying healthy tissue.

Two years after that, Sakaguchi made the connection: FOXP3 was the master switch for the same immune-regulating cells he had identified earlier.

These discoveries launched a new field of research. Regulatory T cells are now being investigated in therapies to suppress autoimmunity, improve transplant success, and even enhance cancer treatment by modulating immune suppression around tumors.

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

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