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Now I wonder if someone who got meat alergy after a tick bite could eat these pigs. Is this the same alpha gal in both cases? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A

• type_enthusiast 5y ago
  Yes – they also discussed this pretty extensively in the RadioLab segment. In the second segment (linked by GP), they first re-played the previous segment (also linked by GP) about alpha-gal allergy. They then revealed that the company behind the alpha-gal safe pigs (which are being grown for medial research purposes) heard the previous one about the alpha-gal allergy, and after hearing it decided to seek FDA approval for alpha-gal safe pigs in the food market (which they received).
• greensoap 5y ago
  Yes, they can. That was the focus of the RadioLab update on the Alpha Gal pigs. The person that loved meat before getting the allergy had moved on to a non-meat life. And when the company started marketing alpha gal safe meat, that person was the inspiration and the person was not happy about it.