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Genetic and molecular insights into dangerous tick bite-related meat allergy revealed

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Scientists have revealed the genetic and molecular structure of key molecules linked to the sometimes life-threatening mammalian-meat allergy brought on by tick bites.

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Scientists develop mouse model to study mpox virulence

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Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have removed a major roadblock to better understanding of mpox (formerly, monkeypox).

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An allergy drug showed promise for MS, but could they prove it?

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What if an over-the-counter allergy medicine could help halt and even reverse multiple sclerosis? and physician-scientist Ari Green, MD. And if it did, could patients return to their full capacity? Those were some of the questions first posed in 2013 after a landmark discovery by UC San Francisco neuroscientist Jonah Chan, Ph.D.,

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Common meat-free proteins may trigger soybean and peanut allergies in some people

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But allergies to legumes like soy or peanuts are both common and dangerous. Dr. Mark Smits and a team of scientists at University Medical Center Utrecht set out to investigate. Many people keen to reduce their meat consumption are turning to substitutes made of legumes packed with protein, vitamins, and fiber.

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Overactive food quality control system triggers food allergies, Yale scientists say

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Food allergies have been increasing dramatically across the developed world for more than 30 years. But scientists have struggled to explain why that is. For instance, as many as 8% of children in the U.S. now experience potentially lethal immune system responses to such foods as milk, tree nuts, fish and shellfish.

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Allergy season starts earlier each year due to climate change and pollen transport

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Scientists in Munich study how pollen from far distances — sometimes hundreds of kilometers away — affects the length of allergy seasons in Germany Credit: A. Yuan, Technical University of Munich Allergy sufferers are no strangers to problems with pollen. Menzel and Y.

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Scientists find inorganic food additives might make babies more vulnerable to allergies

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Nanotechnologies have revolutionized food technology with changes to food production, manufacture, and processing that are intended to make our food safer and healthier. Phytosanitary products, processing aids, food additives, and surfaces that touch food in storage can all transfer nanoparticles that might be consumed by humans.