Milk allergens

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seebo

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i find it funny many people are alleric to natural stuff, but not the synthetic/chemicals.. :facepalm:
It's actually not that surprising; allergies are triggered by our immune system, and this is designed to protect against the natural enemies we face (primarily bacteria and viruses).
The reaction is triggered by proteins, which are very complex molecules. Living things create proteins using DNA as a template. This process is very difficult to do in a "chemistry" setting; making synthetic proteins is still something relegated to research labs (and the basic approach is to genetically modify DNA, which is kind of cheating).
 
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