Patients with life-threatening cow’s milk allergies to see hopeful treatment option, thanks to AI breakthrough [Video]

Doctors estimate about 1.5 million Americans live with life-threatening cow milk allergies. This is far different from lactose intolerance and much more serious.

Now, local researchers say they’ve found a fix for milk allergies with the help of artificial intelligence. It’s an innovative way to treat kids with food allergies.

At his doctor’s office, 11-year-old Vivek Peterson takes a big bite out of his chocolate ice cream cone. It’s part of his treatment for a severe cow’s milk allergy. He’s lived most of childhood avoiding dairy.

“I was the one kid with allergies and the one kid that couldn’t have any of that stuff,” he said.

It was more than an inconvenience. Ingesting even drops of cow’s milk could lead to the deadly consequences of anaphylactic shock. The threat was insidious.

“Everything has dairy in it. Everything has milk in it,” said Vivek’s mom, Priti Shah.

Then a friend told her about the Food Allergy Institutein Long Beach, where …