Bee sting allergy could be a defense response gone haywire
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
Scientists are providing an evolutionary explanation for severe allergic reactions. Researchers show that mice injected with a small dose of bee venom were later resistant to a potentially lethal dose of the same venom. The study is the first experimental evidence that the same immune response involved in allergies may have evolved to serve a protective role against toxins.