Food Allergy: Are we getting closer to a cure?

Leung, Donald Y. M. "Food Allergy: Are we getting closer to a cure?" J Allergy Clin Immunol 127 (2011): 555-7.
This is a short overview editorial which discusses various topics which relate to food allergy: prevalence, diagnosis, risk factors, and new treatments being researched. There is also a more technical section in the article about the immune mechanisms of food allergy which wouldn't be appropriate for my intended audience. The association between atopic dermatitis (AD) and food allergy is discussed as well as genetic factors which could influence the development of food allergy.
New treatment approaches which target food allergies are discussed. Although the goal of some of the research may be to find a cure, a more immediate one is finding a way that food allergy sufferers might increase their tolerance of their specific allergen, thereby increasing the likelihood that they could survive an accidental exposure.
I will use some of the information I read in this editorial as a statistical foundation for the prevalence of food allergy in the U.S. and also as a basic introduction of the new treatments being investigated.