"Vaccine" for Celiac Disease

5 hours ago, JazzyJake said:

From the article I can’t assess the purpose of the shots: are they to protect from incidental gluten exposure or can one eat normally, disregarding gluten?  

Assuming that the shots are reasonably free from unacceptable side-effects and risk, I’d get them even if it only meant that once a month I could have pizza and beer or an Italian meal with bread and a gluten-containing entree.

The latter, assuming it ends up working. That's what sets Nexvax2 apart from other therapeutic treatments; while most others (some of which are much further along in their development, incidentally) aim to protect against cross-contamination, Nexvax2 would in theory allow you to re-introduce a moderate amount of gluten into your diet. You probably wouldn't want to go to an all-you-can-eat wheat pizza buffet, but you could probably handle a beer or two. Maybe a sandwich with wheat bread. That sort of thing. More info from the official site: Open Original Shared Link 

It's just now entering stage II clinical trials, though, so we're many years off from it becoming a reality. A different drug, INN-202 (more here: Open Original Shared Link), has proven both relatively safe and effective so far and is in stage III trials currently. It could be on the market within the next couple years. Unlike Nexvax2, it won't allow you to eat gluten freely, but it will protect against cross-contamination, so eating out with friends without having to worry if the kitchen knows how to properly prep for celiac disease could be a thing of the past. Speaking personally, that would be HUGE for me.

12 hours ago, Guest Kerk said:

I don’t believe you should be calling this a vaccine, with or without quotes. Celiac disease shots should suffice. Allergy shots are not called vaccines and neither should this. It is not a vaccine why complicate the message. 

It Open Original Shared Link. Specifically, a Open Original Shared Link. I'm not sure why the author is putting it in quotes; this isn't some sort of dubious distinction.

2 hours ago, Ging said:

Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that vaccinations do not equal immunity since in the common parlance (CDC included) vaccine and immunization are used synonymously.  

I was astonished by your comment that you would not consider a vaccine so you would not have to worry about hidden gluten.  Hidden gluten is becoming a huge issue and making many of our lives miserable as we try to stay on a gluten free diet.  The children and adults and their symptomology mentioned early in the article surely are well worth a vaccine/shot series should it be as safe as can be otherwise.

Looking at the author's credentials, I suspect that comes from holding anti-vaccination sentiments. It's pretty common in chiropractic practice, unfortunately, and the ridiculousness of the "anti-vaxx" movement aside, it's disappointing that the word itself appears to be a significant hurdle to even considering the therapy. 

Anyway, in this case, it's a therapeutic vaccine, so "immunization" isn't really the point to begin with, given that gluten isn't a virus or bacteria that the vaccine is training the body to fight against. Instead, the point of the vaccine is to "re-program" the immune system to treat gluten normally, rather than viewing it as a threat. You might already know that, but I suspect quite a few people don't, and the author of this article certainly didn't link to any sources (Open Original Shared Link and Open Original Shared Link, incidentally), so I figured I'd mention it.

24 minutes ago, Magister Mundi said:

Looking at the author's credentials, I suspect that comes from holding anti-vaccination sentiments. It's pretty common in chiropractic practice, unfortunately, and the ridiculousness of the "anti-vaxx" movement aside, it's disappointing that the word itself appears to be a significant hurdle to even considering the therapy. 

Anyway, in this case, it's a therapeutic vaccine, so "immunization" isn't really the point to begin with, given that gluten isn't a virus or bacteria that the vaccine is training the body to fight against. Instead, the point of the vaccine is to "re-program" the immune system to treat gluten normally, rather than viewing it as a threat. You might already know that, but I suspect quite a few people don't, and the author of this article certainly didn't link to any sources (Open Original Shared Link and Open Original Shared Link, incidentally), so I figured I'd mention it.

Excellent points and I'm glad you made the clarification on the purported methodology of the injection/s.  I agree that the semantics are becoming an absurd sticking point. 

Celiac is not caused by gluten, but by genes.  The reactions are caused by gluten.  I could only imagine how I would react to this as I not only have Celiac but am allergic to gluten as well.  I cannot even touch it without getting painful welts.  Injecting it twice a week, um no thanks...  This is some seriously narrow thinking.

"Celiac disease and gluten enteropathies are a growing epidemic in the U.S. and across the world due to the increasing use of processed foods and food additives that use grain products for thickening, stability and dietary supplement fillers."

For many of of this statement is not true at all. Many of us don't and have not indulged in fast food, processed food or foods with food additives. But, we can pinpoint our beginning of gut issues and other autoimmune issues when we reacted adversely to certain vaccines. And, that is the issue here; injected poisons and ingested poisons (pharma) along with poisons in our food, water and air.

Well they have gluten free pastas bread , chips cakes ? and etc. found in wal mart mainly I’ve found it in Kroger .. also I’ve found out gluten free food higher in calories and sodium.. 

Celiac is a disease.  I have suffered for 30 years...as I have gotten older just small cross contamination sends me into a episode, that always ends at the hospital.  What needs to be addressed are products that claim to be gluten free, but are not.  Basically at this stage of the game, I do not eat anything I have not prepared.  I do not think a shot is going to help me.

Where do I sign up?  Im so uncomfortable and stressed  when I go out to eat because I try to relate to the waiter/waitress the importance of my Gluten & soy allergy.  I have to hope they are listening and relay the message to the chef to have my food made properly.  

Also any weddings, parties, and holidays I feel like an outcast because I cant enjoy any of the same foods like everyone else.  Its not fun, its very depressing. 

Keeping my fingers crossed for this shot/vaccine.  

Same here!!! I hv gluten setbacks all the time and most of the time I have no clue what happened. My body needs this vaccine so badly and my husband needs his wife back, my kids need their mom back. I need to go months and years between getting sick. Not days and weeks like now ....

A decade ago, the world-wide gluten intolerance was 1 in 2,500.  Today its 1 in 133.  Gluten and gliadin are toxic to "millions" of people! Yet, the food industry (manufacturers and restauranteurs) are not responding fast enough to the growing needs of celiac and non-celiac sensitivity diseases. 

History: Hybridization began in 1938. However, extensive "repetitive back-crossing" and "crossings with foreign grass species" created the "dwarf super-hybridized wheat" that is responsible for the EPIDEMIC disease outbreak. Sadly, digestibility of the Modern Wheat was never examined!

The method used to create the "dwarf super-hybridized wheat" is called "chemical mutagenesis" and is not classified as GMO engineering. The chemical is "highly toxic" sodium azide and gamma radiation. In 2003 "Clearfield" wheat ( tolerant to Beyond herbicide) was introduced. This "toxic" wheat is the preponderance of the wheat-type used in food stuffs/products.

Despite the potential findings of a vaccine for celiac disease, do people want to put "mutated and highly toxic" modern wheat into their bodies?  The answer to that is an individual one.

I probably wouldn't go for the vaccine either if it became available. Most of the time I can navigate weddings, parties, restaurants and work lunches just fine.  It just took a little work.  More and more of my friends are becoming very allergy aware.  As a result of the food allergic and sensitive among us even at our church potlucks we label food for allergens or possible cross contamination.  

Society has come a long way! These days my biggest problem is feeling obligated to eat the special (and often pricey) food people went out and purchased for me.