NY Times Magazine Publishes Feature Article on "Alpha Gal" Meat Allergy, Quoting Researchers Scott Commins, MD, PhD; and Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD, as Leading Experts

1.0Thurston Arthritis Research Center/tarcJeffrey Perkins/tarc/author/jrperki3/NY Times Magazine Publishes Feature Article on "Alpha Gal" Meat Allergy, Quoting Researchers Scott Commins, MD, PhD; and Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD, as Leading Experts | Thurston Arthritis Research Centerrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QvCZyIZAio"><a href="/tarc/alpha-gal-meat-allergy/">NY Times Magazine Publishes Feature Article on “Alpha Gal” Meat Allergy, Quoting Researchers Scott Commins, MD, PhD; and Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD, as Leading Experts</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/tarc/alpha-gal-meat-allergy/embed/#?secret=QvCZyIZAio" width="600" height="338" title="“NY Times Magazine Publishes Feature Article on “Alpha Gal” Meat Allergy, Quoting Researchers Scott Commins, MD, PhD; and Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD, as Leading Experts” — Thurston Arthritis Research Center" data-secret="QvCZyIZAio" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /tarc/wp-content/uploads/sites/802/2018/08/Tarc-New-Post-1-squared-white.png392392Dr. Scott Commins, who was the lead author on the seminal scientific paper that first described this unique meat allergy, and Dr. Onyinye Iweala, a physician-scientist who is working with Dr. Commins to help unravel its mysteries, are using innovative research approaches to better understand and hopefully one day develop an immunotherapy for alpha gal allergy.