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Agri-Pulse<\/a> reports the Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved an intentional genomic alteration, or IGA, in animals that can be used for both food and human therapeutics. The IGA is in what are called GalSafe pigs, bred to eliminate alpha-gal sugar on the surface of the pigs\u2019 cells.<\/p>\n

The article references Scott Commins<\/a>, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, an expert on the alpha-gal syndrome which is known as mammalian meat allergy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the U.S., the Lone Star Tick appears to be the primary vector of sensitization,\u201d the article reports from Commin’s website.<\/p>\n

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\u201cReactions to alpha-gal are often severe and sometimes fatal. They can be immediate, as with hypersensitivity reactions to injected drugs, or delayed by 2 to 10 hours, as is typical after consumption of mammalian meat. Delayed-onset reactions often occur in the middle of the night.\u201d<\/article>\n
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