Chris Brookes-Smith could have died from eating peanuts - but taking part in a clinical trial has changed his life.

If you have a nut allergy, your immune system sees certain proteins in nuts as a threat, even though they’re harmless to many people. Your body reacts by trying to fight off these proteins.

Chris Brookes-Smith, 28, struggled with a lifelong allergy ... going from peanut dust to half a whole nut," he told the outlet. As a result of the trial, 67% of participants — all adults ...

Listen on BBC Sounds: "Just going to the park can be difficult" - the Worcestershire girl navigating life with a nut allergy Sofia was ... it up off the plate and all of a sudden, over her hands ...

Eating out, going to social events and travelling abroad are all fraught with anxiety. As many as one in 200 adults and one in 50 children have a nut allergy, charities say. Some children grow out ...

"I was eating peanut butter on toast," her mother Sam remembered. "She was sat in her high chair, she picked it up off the plate and all of a sudden ... suffer a peanut allergy - but who have ...