Catherine Tooley and her daughter Elizabeth on their part in the study Doctors say a potential treatment for peanut allergy has transformed the lives of children taking part in a large clinical trial. The 85 children had to eat peanut protein every day - initially in small doses, but ramped up during the study. The findings, published in the Lancet, external, suggest 84% of allergic children could
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