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• Quick food allergy test - just a drop of blood

  Over 15 million people in Europe – including eight percent of all children - suffer from food allergies, and this number is growing steadily. Currently, children who portray mild symptoms may undergo a skin prick test that is not only lengthy but particularly painful and usually very traumatic. Researchers from the Positive consortium are about to change all that by putting a food allergy machine on every pediatrician's desk, a machine that produces test results in 15 minutes from a miniscule drop of blood.