article_snippet: celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder in which eating even tiny amounts of gluten - made up of numerous, complex proteins that gives dough celiac disease elasticity and some flavor to baked goods - can damage the small intestine.
article_snippet: Though celiac disease is four-to-five times more common now than 50 years ago, only about one per cent of the world's population is believed to suffer from celiac disease, and just a fraction have been diagnosed.
article_snippet: The only known treatment for celiac desiseas is a gluten-free diet, which consists of not eating foods that contain wheat, rye and barley .
article_snippet: Miller has yet to begin work combining the proteins with antibodies produced by the human immune system to test for reactions.
article_snippet: Miller's methodology might be 'too simplistic an approach' that wouldn't identify all the toxic sequences that trigger a celiac reaction, according to Armin Alaedini, assistant professor of medical sciences at Columbia University and a researcher at the New York-based school's Celiac Disease Center.
article_snippet: Alaedini, after looking at Miller's plan online, said the project may end up with a less toxic wheat product that isn't completely safe for all celiac disease patients. '
article_snippet: After all this effort, a less toxic wheat product that isn't completely safe for all celiac disease patients... is unlikely to be superior in terms of nutritional value or baking properties and taste to the gluten-free products that are already on the market,' Alaedini said.
article_snippet: The medical advisory board for the Celiac Disease Foundation, a nonprofit based in Woodland Hills, California, could not reach a consensus on the viability of Miller's research.
article_snippet: The more celiac disease is in the public eye, the more physicians are aware of celiac disease, Geller said, and celiac disease'll be more likely the federal government would fund research. '
article_snippet: I am certain that there are a large number of people with celiac disease who (like) the idea of being able to eat actual wheat, with the properties of wheat that make the bread nice and fluffy,' Geller said. '
highlights_snippet: celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder in which even a small amount of gluten can damage the small intestine .
  