It has come to our consideration that there’s a posting on social media claiming that there’s a vaccine for peanut allergy from McMaster College in Hamilton ON that’s imminently obtainable. Whereas we had decided that the supply gave the impression to be an AI/Bot generated publish, on behalf of the group, Meals Allergy Canada reached out to McMaster to verify that the posting was inaccurate. Please see beneath for his or her assertion.
You’ll be able to depend on Meals Allergy Canada to vet these postings and act as your credible supply of data for the meals allergy group. Please attain out to us anytime at [email protected] if you’re uncertain about information you’re studying.
Assertion from McMaster College
A publish generated by AI incorrectly steered that an mRNA vaccine for meals allergy was developed at McMaster. The publication referenced within the publish doesn’t exist. Generative AI could also be mixing our lengthy historical past of advancing allergy analysis with different publicly obtainable scientific ideas. We do have many ongoing research that goal to higher perceive methods to dismantle meals allergy, stop it, develop next-generation therapies, and enhance its administration.
We’re working diligently with a big selection of nationwide and worldwide companions to have the biggest affect attainable on meals allergy, and we are going to proceed working till a remedy is discovered. We, by means of our establishment and peer-reviewed publications, make official bulletins of our advances and breakthroughs.
Dr. Susan Waserman MSc MDCM FRCPC, Manel Jordana MD PhD, Joshua Koenig PhD, Dr. Derek Chu MD, PhD, FRCPC
