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  • Staff Specialist General Paediatrician at John Hunter Children's Hospital, Newcastle, Australia. Conjoint Lecturer & PhD student, University of Newcastle
Allergies are becoming more frequent in the western world. Al Fed/Flickr

What are allergies and why are we getting more of them?

Adam Collison, University of Newcastle; Elizabeth Percival, University of Newcastle; Joerg Mattes, University of Newcastle, and Rani Bhatia, University of Newcastle

Allergies are reactions caused by the immune system as it responds to environmental substances that are usually harmless. But we don’t yet have a cure or the ability to prevent them from developing.

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