Nanotechnology against pollen allergy Scientists at the Charité
– Universitätsmedizin Berlin have now been able to identify the
grass pollen molecule, against which the allergic response of
hay fever in children is initiated. In addition, it was shown
that the first individual antibodies generated in children
against individual pollen molecules can be identified even
before the initial symptoms of a pollen allergy are developed.
The findings of this long-term study have appeared in the
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. In its study, the
Molecular Allergology working group headed by Adj. Professor Dr.
Paolo Matricardi of the Department of Pediatrics, Division of
Pneumonology and Immunology at the Campus Virchow-Klinikum,
investigated the data and blood samples taken from 820 children.
These children come from five cities in Germany and had been
taking part in this multicenter allergy study since their birth
in 1990. As part of a sub-project investigating the development
of the allergic immune respons