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Article: Welsh firm offers home-test kit for coeliac disease.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2006
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Byline: By MADELEINE BRINDLEY Western Mail
A self-diagnosis kit which can identify gluten intolerance - the modern disease which affects thousands of families - is being marketed by a Welsh biomedical firm. When a sufferer eats gluten it causes their body's immune system to produce antibodies that attack the lining of the small intestine.
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. Some people also react to oats. Because of this, gluten is found in everyday foods such as bread, gravy and pasta.
When the gut lining is damaged, the body ...