#alpha-gal-syndrome

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fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

"Red meat allergy" from tick bites is spreading both in US and globally

Alpha-gal syndrome is actually an allergy to a sugar molecule with a tongue-twisting name: galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose, shortened to alpha-gal. The alpha-gal sugar molecule exists in the tissues of most mammals, including cows, pigs, deer, and rabbits. But it's absent in humans.
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