Peanut allergies are on the rise worldwide among children.

......and even though awareness is increasing there is still a great risk of exposure for young children and others who suffer. Peanut butter is a universal and cheap source of protein that many families rely on for lunches, making it tough to avoid. Its unlikely that peanut butter and peanuts will disappear so perhaps the best hope for people with peanut allergy symptoms lies in changing the peanut itself.

Researchers are using the protein of the peanut that is responsible for causing allergies to develop immunotherapy programs to combat peanut allergy symptoms.

Another hope is in altering the peanut itself. By identifying which proteins in peanuts are responsible for causing peanut allergy symptoms researchers hope to modify the peanut and eliminate the proteins that are harmful to some. The problem is that there are so many different types of peanuts, the end result might be a peanut that is more of a soy based peanut.

Hopefully researchers will be able to come up with some sort of help as there is currently far to much risk for those who suffer from peanut allergies and even though awareness and education are increasing the peanut is still king of the school lunch. Many product also still contain trace amounts of peanuts and even foods that are produced in the same plant as those that use peanuts can be problematic. A peanut free world does not seem to be possible so science will have to have come up with a solution.