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  "path": "/news/2026-02-gene-variants-food-allergies-families.html",
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  "textContent": "People often remark that allergies run in their family, but the genetic causes have remained unclear. Previous food allergy genetic research has relied upon broad but surface-level methods called genome-wide association studies.",
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