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Singapore’s National University Hospital is launching the country’s first clinical trial of oral immunotherapy for prawn allergy, testing whether carefully supervised exposure to gradually increasing doses of prawn powder can help patients build tolerance and improve their quality of life.

SINGAPORE — A group of clinicians and researchers from the NUH, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS Medicine, KKH, NUP and NUS SSHSPH are embarking on a four-year joint study to determine the prevalence and impact of food allergies in Singaporean children this year.