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Peanut allergy 'cured'

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A group of children with severe peanut allergies have had their condition effectively cured in a dramatic breakthrough by British doctors.

Researchers gave 12 children tiny doses of peanuts, building up over six months until they could manage amounts which previously could have killed them.

Mark Worthington reports.

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