Paper argued it's 'morally obligatory' to engineer ticks to spread alpha-gal syndrome … as a philosophical exercise

The philosophy paper appeared in Bioethics, a journal that explores urgent ethical questions in biomedical and life sciences.
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Outrage as scientists push to create ticks that spread red-meat allergies

A controversial study has triggered widespread backlash after scientists argued it could be 'morally' justified to infect ...

Bill Gates' foundation funded research into ticks, but not those that cause meat allergy

The Microsoft founder was the focus of yet another baseless conspiracy theory.

Fact Check: Gates Foundation backed research on different ticks than ones that cause meat allergy

While it is true that the Gates Foundation has funded a project involving ticks and that Gates backed a company in California whose lab-grown meat re ...
Medical Xpress

First death linked to 'meat allergy' spread by ticks

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified the first death caused by what is commonly called the "meat allergy" being spread by ticks. A healthy 47-year-old man from New ...
Food Safety News

German sampling program tests meat, meat spread and melon

Vulnerable groups in Germany have been advised not to eat a type of raw meat spread after testing revealed the presence of pathogens. The Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) ...