Patent ID: 7601509
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of formulating a “Biotype Food-Allergy System” for the purpose of identifying and predicting potential food allergies, or food hypersensitivities, or adverse immune responses to foods in a human subject, wherein said method comprises: (a) Identifying human subjects with specific ABO or Rh blood types, and optionally gender, and selecting for at least two of these blood types; (b) Testing said subjects for at least one immune response that is indicative of food allergies (IgE) or food hypersensitivities (IgG, T-Cell) to generate test scores for various foods, and optionally to use these with known hypersensitivities to food lectins; (c) Correlating the blood types (and optionally gender) from step (a) to the immune response test scores from step (b) using appropriate statistical methods to develop data; (d) Interpreting said data to establish classes for the degree of clinical immune reactivity to foods; (e) Identifying patterns in the data (step c) and classes (step d) to formulate a “Biotype Food-Allergy System”, which identifies allergenic foods for each blood type, and optionally gender, for the purpose of predicting potential food allergens in a future human subject; (g) Optionally, ranking the data (step c) and classes (step d) to formulate “Food-Allergy Indexes” for ABO or Rh blood types, or any combination of said blood types, and optionally gender; (h) Optionally, ranking the data (step c) and classes (step d) to formulate a “Food-Allergy Pyramid”, which ranks food-groups by allergic potential, and relates to ABO or Rh blood type, or any combination of said blood types, and optionally gender.