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Alpha-Gal Sugar from Hard-Bodied Ticks Leads to Red Meat Allergy
Northern News Now interviewed Dr. Ben Clarke’s regarding the emergence of the Alpha-gal Syndrome, which causes red meat allergy due to a tick bite. Dr. Clarke is a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and an expert in tick research at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth campus. View the news report here.