A woman's sudden, terrifying allergy to red meat—triggered by a tick bite—unlocks a bizarre medical mystery involving a sugar molecule called alpha-gal, leading to a revolutionary genetically modified pig that could save human lives and offer safe meat to the allergic, but also raises pro
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