在這個橫跨十一個國家、二十四個單位、超過五十個研究人員投入的國際合作成果裡,領銜的第一作者蔡怡陞博士(Dr Jason Isheng Tsai)在英國倫敦帝國理工大學拿到博士學位後,至劍橋投入該相關領域研究已經有四年的時間,他說:「能參與跨國的基因體計畫跟不同領域的專家合作是一種機遇也是挑戰。台灣曾經是全球熱帶疾病研究的中心,我希望有一天能在我的國家貢獻我的專長,為防治感染症盡一份心力。」
雖然曾有研究透過讓醫師用血液或唾液是否檢測出 IgE 抗體來判斷狗是否過敏(Ermel, R et al.,1997),但最新的研究卻發現,無論使用無論血清的 IgE 抗原或是唾液裡的 IgM 或 IgA 抗原都無法有效檢測出狗狗的過敏來源(Udraite Vovk Let al., 2019 & Lam ATH et al., 2019),甚至會造成偽陽性誤判。因此,目前學界公認唯一能識別食物過敏原的方法就是「食物排除法」(Food Elimination Method)。
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