Could this be the answer to peanut allergies?

RESEARCHERS have found a way to suppress the allergic reaction to peanuts. Peanut allergens bind with an antibody called immunoglobulin E (IgE) in susceptible people, setting off a chain reaction that can lead to anaphylactic shock.

Now researchers at the University of Notre Dame in the U.S. have prevented allergens binding to IgE using a substance called covalent heterobivalent inhibitor.

Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers said their findings open the door to a new class of allergy treatments.