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Article: Test to gauge link between GMOs and allergic reactions developed

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October 1, 2006
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Washington, Oct 1 -- A researcher at Michigan State University may soon help to end the debate about whether or not genetically modified organisms (GMOs) such as engineered foods have the potential to cause allergic reactions, for he has developed the first animal model to test whether such foods could cause human allergic reactions.

Venu Gangur, MSU assistant professor of food science and human nutrition, has now received a 447,000 dollar grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to validate the test.

Gangur, who also is a faculty member in the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, revealed that ...

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