Shellfish allergy is an abnormal response by the body’s immune system to proteins in certain marine animals. Shellfish include marine animals with shells, such as shrimp, crab, oysters and lobster, as ...

Food allergies are serious business. According to Dr. Michael C. Young, assistant clinical professor at Harvard Medical School, approximately 11.4 million Americans (4 percent) have food allergies, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN ANTONIO — Shellfish is the most common food allergy among adults in the United States, Mahboobeh Mahdavinia, ...

An adult patient who has eaten shellfish regularly throughout his life suddenly developed swelling after eating shrimp in a restaurant. What is the best way to determine if this is a true allergy to ...

A new study has found that the contents of commercially produced extracts used to test for shellfish allergies differ widely between manufacturers. The researchers are calling for the standardization ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IgGenix, Inc., a pre-clinical antibody discovery and development company taking a revolutionary approach to directly address allergic disease, recently ...