Archive for April 20th, 2009
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FALSE FOOD ALLERGY: WHEN FOOD BITES BACK (LECTINS)
The main characteristic of lectins is that they bind to carbohydrate molecules carried on the surface of all cells. As a result, they make red blood cells clump together, and this is how they are recognized in the laboratory. The deadly poison, ricin, used in the KGB’s infamous umbrella-tip murder of George Markov, is a [...]