The Gluten-Free Homemaker

There are currently two drugs that are being developed in the hope of helping people with celiac disease. The first, AT1001, is the drug that was used in the trial in which I participated in 2006. Trials are still ongoing and are conducted by Alba Therapeutics. The second drug is ALV003 for which Alvine Pharmaceuticals [...]

Celiac disease, gluten intolerance, and wheat allergy are all conditions that lead people to eat a gluten-free diet. While the diet is the same (mostly), there are differences among the conditions. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease. When gluten is ingested, the immune system triggers an attack on the person’s own body, specifically the small [...]