Neu5Gc

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• December 18, 2012
  Meat May Exceed Daily Allowance of Irony

  The foreign meat molecule Neu5Gc may not only contribute to the progression of cancer and heart disease by supplying inflammation, but also set children up for life-threatening reactions to E. coli..
• December 17, 2012
  Nonhuman Molecules Lining Our Arteries

  The foreign meat molecule Neu5Gc builds up in human tumors and atherosclerotic plaques and may play an inflammatory role in the progression of both diseases.
• December 14, 2012
  How Tumors Use Meat to Grow: Xeno-Autoantibodies

  Cancer may use a molecule found in animal products to trick our immune system into feeding it with inflammation.
• December 13, 2012
  The Inflammatory Meat Molecule Neu5Gc

  Plant-based diets may help rheumatoid arthritis by decreasing exposure to an inflammatory compound found in animal products.