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Babies more likely to have allergies later were born with hyperactive immunity. Steven Depolo/Flickr

Food allergies linked to overactive immune system at birth

Leonard C Harrison, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) ; Peter Vuillermin, Deakin University, and Yuxia Zhang, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)

New research has found children who are born with overly active immune cells are more likely to develop allergies to milk, eggs, peanuts, wheat and other common foods.

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