July 2016

  • This year’s annual meeting of the American Peanut Research and Education drew a crowd of nearly 400 peanut scientists and others in the peanut industry to the Hilton Clearwater Beach in Clearwater, Fla., July 12-14 for a comprehensive forum on peanut research. Click here for more details.

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  • Peanut farmers and those who follow the peanut industry know the U.S. has produced a lot of peanuts in recent years. Peanut stocks remain high in the supply pipeline, surpassing demand, and, for now, suppressing farmer prices. But don’t we want to produce a lot of peanuts? Click here for more details.

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  • A new gene therapy developed by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine could eventually prevent the life-threatening effects of peanut allergy with just a single dose, according to a new pre-clinical study. Click here for more details.

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  • Melbourne-based researchers have published findings from their study that showed dietary fibre (that breaks down into short-chain fatty acids in the gut) together with vitamin A and a healthy gut microbiota can protect against peanut allergy. Click here for more details.

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