The story originated from the back-to-back talks by Knut Lundin and Armin Alaedini in a session on wheat sensitivity at a celiac disease symposium held at Columbia in March. Read the interesting story about the competing theories on 'gluten sensitivity' in Science.
What's really behind 'gluten sensitivity'? Story in Science about our research
The patients weren't crazy—Knut Lundin was sure of that. But their ailment was a mystery. They were convinced gluten was making them sick. Yet they didn't have celiac disease, an autoimmune reaction to that often-villainized tangle of proteins in wheat, barley, and rye. And they tested negative for a wheat allergy. They occupied a medical no man's land. (Servick, Science News, 2018)
Published May 24, 2018 10:52 AM
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