a vaccine against gluten intolerance is on trial

Celiac disease: the first is developing vaccine against the intolerances a gluten [VIDEO] that in the future, it could definitively solve the important dietary restrictions prohibiting the use of certain products. If studies are confirmed, people with celiac disease can say goodbye to gluten-free diet. The vaccine is still being tested, but its goal would be to allow the immune system of the intolerant to react positively to the components present in the gluten.

Vaccine for celiacs: the mechanism of action

This would be the first vaccine in the world for people with intolerance a gluten developed at the same time by researchers from the United States, New Zealand and Australia, which would allow millions of people to return to a normal diet without limiting themselves to diets that only provide certain gluten-free foods .

We are talking about the vaccine & # 39;Nexvax2& # 39; Recently entered a second phase of experimentation [VIDEO] focus specifically on the possible response of the immune system to gluten. The head of research is the gastroenterologist Jason Tye-Din of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, who said the mechanism of this vaccine would directly target cells contained in gluten, influencing the body and going to trigger different gluten management. This would "reorient" the immune system, so as to encourage it to develop a new tolerance to this substance contained in food.

Celiac disease affects more people

the celiac disease it's a disease that affects more and more people and that involves the total elimination of all the foods that they contain gluten.

In subjects with this intolerance, foods rich in gluten damage the small intestine by systematically creating chronic inflammation of the cells of organs intended for digestion and at the same time interrupt the possible absorption of their nutrients. This mechanism, if it is not correctly treated, can determine, in the intolerant subject, a series of important consequences for its integrity. health. We are talking about a "serious" disease that should not be confused with a simple food allergy. In fact, people with celiac disease can be exposed to dangerous consequences, even if they eat a very small amount of gluten-containing foods. The gluten-free diet is currently the only treatment against the disease, but in addition to being very expensive, it is not always really effective. Gluten is a protein component, present in many commonly used cereals, such as barley, wheat and rye, and therefore present in many foods of the Mediterranean diet, including pasta and bread.