• the antibody class IgE was discovered by the Japanese scientist Kimishige Ishizaka?

Facts on topics related to IgE

Antibody

• BanLec, a jacalin-related lectin isolated from the fruit of bananas, can induce a strong IgG4 antibody response and may be an important antigen involved in banana allergies?
• the antibody class IgE was discovered by the Japanese scientist Kimishige Ishizaka?
• the isolation of antibodies and flu viruses from birds on Tryon Island, a coral cay off the coast of Queensland, Australia, led to the development of antiviral drugs, such as Tamiflu?

Allergy

• a study of 930 patients with fatigue-like symptoms showed 62% testing MELISA-positive to metal allergy?
• as a child French executive pastry chef Florian Bellanger was allergic to chocolate, but now claims it is his favorite ingredient?

Hay fever

• Somerset cricket captain Reggie Ingle maintained his hay fever was made worse by train journeys, and travelled in the luggage rack to avoid the dust at lower levels?