Canberra researchers at the Australian National University find a protein that could stop allergic reactions and anaphylaxis

Thousands of people live with allergies and autoimmune diseases, and that number is only rising, for reasons that are not entirely clear to medical researchers.

For many, a sudden asthma attack, or a tiny amount of a seemingly harmless substance like peanuts, can be fatal without timely intervention from things like inhalers or EpiPens.

But researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra believe they are a significant step closer to creating better…