Who gets eczema and who grows out of it - and why? Are detergents, antibiotics and tiny plastics to blame?

Korey Capozza travels to Spain for the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Congress where she speaks to researchers that are trying to explain the allergy epidemic and what we can do about it. Highlights: Dr. Magdalena Zemelka-Wiacek (Poland) explains microplastics cause inflammation. Tami Landau (Israel) uses “big data” to determine which children will develop eczema, and Dr Thomas Bieber (Germany) accesses the German Biobank to understand why some children go into remission.   

Research Mentioned

Mechanisms of gut epithelial barrier impairment caused by food emulsifiers polysorbate 20 and polysorbate 80 

Follow-up to adolescence after early peanut introduction for allergy prevention 

The potential impact of nano-and microplastics on human health: Understanding human health risks

Biomarkers for phenotype-endotype relationship in atopic dermatitis

Development of a predictive model for pediatric atopic dermatitis