Food Allergy Fund's Exclusive Research Roadmap Accelerates Food Allergy Prevention and a Cure
August 01 2024 - 10:30AM
Business Wire
The FAF Research Roadmap, a groundbreaking
and unprecedented tool, is set to revolutionize the Food Allergy
Community
The Food Allergy Fund (FAF), the leading nonprofit that funds
food allergy research, has marked a significant milestone in the
field: a first-ever Food Allergy Research Roadmap. This roadmap is
designed to accelerate medical discovery and development progress
within the next five years, and it's the most comprehensive tool
the food allergy community has ever had. FAF brought together an
exclusive working group of renowned scientists and allergists to
identify the root causes of food allergies and focus on
cutting-edge approaches to prevent, treat, and cure the
disease.
"The food allergy community has never had a real-time tool like
this roadmap, and it is an essential next step in hastening our
progress to find a cure for the disease," said Ilana Golant,
founder and CEO of the Food Allergy Fund. "To end food allergies,
we have assembled the brightest minds in America to help us map our
goals, pool resources, and collaborate across disciplines,
proactively changing the research culture."
While current food allergy research primarily targets disease
symptoms and single-food immunotherapy treatments, FAF's Research
Roadmap adopts a transformative approach. It prioritizes prevention
and cures for multiple food allergies and allergic diseases,
developing disease-modifying therapeutics and catalyzing multiple
proof-of-concept clinical trials. The FAF Research Roadmap will
serve as a scientific business plan for scientists and funders.
Over the next five years, FAF will focus on eliminating
anaphylactic reactions, inducing and maintaining immune tolerance
to foods, and preventing food allergy in the next child or adult.
FAF's vision includes:
- Forging partnerships between academia and industry
- Utilizing AI-driven platforms
- Recruiting new talent and medical disciplines
- Hosting curated research retreats
- Repurposing therapeutics
- Creating a venture philanthropy platform to address the funding
gap
Food allergies are a pressing public health crisis. The CDC’s
National Center for Health Statistics revealed that nearly
one-third of U.S. adults and over one-fourth of U.S. children
reported experiencing seasonal allergies, eczema, or food
allergies. Additionally, approximately six percent of both U.S.
adults and children have food allergies.
Watch the launch presentation at the Food Allergy Fund’s marquee
event, a gathering of leading scientists, CEOs, entrepreneurs, and
advocates in New York to learn more from the Research Roadmap
Working Group.
The Food Allergy Fund is the leading nonprofit dedicated to
funding food allergy research. FAF's grants support the creation of
new treatments that will address the root causes of food allergies.
Through our groundbreaking research and unique thought leadership
summits, we accelerate innovation to find solutions. To learn more,
visit www.foodallergyfund.org.
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