New Mainz Center for Chemical Allergology investigates the chemical basis of allergies

(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the Institute of Translational Immunology of the Mainz University Medical Center have recently begun to work together in a newly created platform: in the Mainz Center for Chemical Allergology scientists from both institutes jointly investigate to which extent pollutants in the atmosphere or the change in the composition of foods worsen allergies.