Alpha-Gal Syndrome

kaiser715

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If any of y'all have friends or family with Alpha-Gal (the "red meat" allergy from a tick), Amaroo Farms up in Liberty NC is now selling the AG-free Gal-Safe pork.

I've been getting ostrich, emu, duck from them. The pork is genetically modified, removing the galactose-a-1,3-galactose sugar molecule, for use in heart and kidney xenotransplants, and the meat is a secondary revenue string. Up to now, the company, Revivicor, has been giving it away randomly (send them an application, they may or may not send meat in a few months).

amaroohills.com

GALSAFE® PORK

Amaroo Hills' GalSafe® pork does not contain detectable levels of alpha-gal. This is accomplished through a single genetic alteration that inactivates the gene that produces alpha-gal. Amaroo Hills' GalSafe® pigs do not have any other genetic additions or alterations and are raised strictly...
amaroohills.com amaroohills.com

Not cheap, but it's real pork.
 
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paradisePWoffrd said:
Are they doing something to the pork after it is processed, or have they figured out the breeding to get that out?
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The Pigs are genetically modified... Originally for Organ Transplant to humans, Which is in itself pretty amazing, The Meats just a happy accident.

www.avma.org

FDA approves genetic alteration in pigs

Modification removes allergen, raising potential for medicine and meat production
www.avma.org www.avma.org
 
zuke said:
The Pigs are genetically modified... Originally for Organ Transplant to humans, Which is in itself pretty amazing, The Meats just a happy accident.

www.avma.org

FDA approves genetic alteration in pigs

Modification removes allergen, raising potential for medicine and meat production
www.avma.org www.avma.org
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The part that I'm not sure I can get over.... 6 of the 10 genetic edits in this line of pigs are sourced from human DNA. At what point are they just making human-meat?

For some reason, humans and great apes evolved, losing the galactose-a-1,3-galactose carbohydrate. So basically, human flesh and the great apes are the only mammals that AGS folks don't react to when consuming. And now human-pigs.
 
kaiser715 said:
The part that I'm not sure I can get over.... 6 of the 10 genetic edits in this line of pigs are sourced from human DNA. At what point are they just making human-meat?

For some reason, humans and great apes evolved, losing the galactose-a-1,3-galactose carbohydrate. So basically, human flesh and the great apes are the only mammals that AGS folks don't react to when consuming. And now human-pigs.
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Damn, so this is cannibalism of sorts...:eek:
 
I know Scott Monk from here was the first person I’ve ever heard of contracting this. I need to call him and see how he’s doing with it. I know I’d be in a world of hurt if I couldn’t eat some of my favorite dead animals.
 
kaiser715 said:
If any of y'all have friends or family with Alpha-Gal (the "red meat" allergy from a tick), Amaroo Farms up in Liberty NC is now selling the AG-free Gal-Safe pork.

I've been getting ostrich, emu, duck from them. The pork is genetically modified, removing the galactose-a-1,3-galactose sugar molecule, for use in heart and kidney xenotransplants, and the meat is a secondary revenue string. Up to now, the company, Revivicor, has been giving it away randomly (send them an application, they may or may not send meat in a few months).

amaroohills.com

GALSAFE® PORK

Amaroo Hills' GalSafe® pork does not contain detectable levels of alpha-gal. This is accomplished through a single genetic alteration that inactivates the gene that produces alpha-gal. Amaroo Hills' GalSafe® pigs do not have any other genetic additions or alterations and are raised strictly...
amaroohills.com amaroohills.com

Not cheap, but it's real pork.
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Thanks for sharing
Got all excited about the ostrich
Only to find out with credit card in hand, theyre all sold out
 
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