Why some of us do not get allergies or sick so often but others do.

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The latest work by Denise Kelly, a gut immunologist at the University of Aberdeen, UK supports the theory that gut microbiota influences our immune function and susceptibility to diseases and allergies.

Glenn Gibson, a food microbiologist at the University of Reading, UK, agrees that previous studies have "shown by implication" that immune responses are linked to organisms in the gut. He went further to tally the gene expression response into this theory.

Kelly argues that the similarities between the organisms found in human and pig guts and their comparable size in organs, makes pigs a good model animal to study. In future studies, she hopes to further identify the types of organisms that are associated with health.

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