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Curious Kids: How do we get allergic to food?

  • Written by Lucinda Berglund, Clinical Senior Lecturer University of Sydney, Immunologist and Immunopathologist Westmead Hospital and NSW Health Pathology, University of Sydney
imageAllergies may be in the genes that are passed down from parents to children.Flickr/U.S. Department of Agriculture, CC BY

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!

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