The University of Missouri is on the front lines of helping patients with alpha-gal syndrome - a potentially life-threatening red-meat allergy caused by lone star tick bites.

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Patients with debilitating symptoms are being diagnosed with a condition that has no clinical definition, writes fourth-year medical student. Treatments may do more harm than good.