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fromCbsnews
3 days ago
Public health

1st death linked to alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy spread by ticks, reported in N.J., researchers say

fromCbsnews
3 days ago
Public health

1st death linked to alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy spread by ticks, reported in N.J., researchers say

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fromArs Technica
3 months 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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