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Mouse Gene Aids Allergy Research

Featured on: BBC News
Publication date: Apr 6, 2009

Researchers have identified a genetic defect in mice that leads them to develop an allergic inflammation similar to eczema in humans. The findings appear to support research that has identified the significance of the filaggrin gene in conditions such as eczema and other allergies.

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