The allergy world was abuzz this past week that a major
research breakthrough for Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) was published
in Nature Genetics (1), spear-headed by Dr.
Marc Rothenberg’s lab at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (follow the lab on FaceBook). For anyone dealing
with this devastating allergic disorder, the news was welcome, but what does it
all mean? And what could the future hold for people dealing with EoE or
allergic disorders more generally?
My hope is to distill
some pretty intense science in this two part series – the paper is
scientifically very cool, yet very dense! Tackling this paper is not for the
faint of heart (myself included)!