New study links intestinal protein to food allergy development

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When is food simply nourishing and enjoyable, and when does it provoke an allergic reaction? The answer appears to lie in the balance of microbes that live in our intestine – and a specific protein secreted by intestinal goblet cells that influences that balance.

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