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Endogenous allergen assessments - Europabio

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Relevance of the data – Can this data be<br />

interpreted for allergy risk?<br />

● Can we measure <strong>allergen</strong>s?<br />

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- Yes, ability is increasing all the time and with increasing sensitivity<br />

● What is the relevance to the population in terms of their risk for allergy?<br />

- Most <strong>allergen</strong>s still require further study to characterize their<br />

sensitization potential and the amount that causes clinical allergy<br />

- There is no existing hypothesis for a change to endogenous allergy<br />

risk based on GM varieties<br />

● So, even though we have the ability to measure <strong>allergen</strong> content the<br />

question remains – have we added value to the <strong>allergen</strong>icity<br />

assessment?

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