Based in Brazil, Fernanda Ferreira is a science writer who covers a range of STEM (and occasionally non-STEM) topics, from textile conservation to vaccine stockpiles.
A cancer drug could one day be taken to prevent life-threatening allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis.
Mice pre-treated with the drug did not suffer an anaphylactic reaction when injected with an allergy trigger. Mice, who had received two doses of the cancer drug a few hours before the trigger, also recovered faster and were less likely to die when injected with a lethal dose of the trigger than mice that didn’t get the drug, researchers report in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
