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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 days ago

Imagine Becoming Allergic to Burgers, BaconEven Lipstick. A Tick Bite Can Do That

Alpha-gal syndrome is a tick-bite–triggered allergy to a sugar in nonhuman mammal meat and products, causing dietary restrictions as tick ranges expand.
fromArs Technica
1 month 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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