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I was on my way to meet Tami McGraw, who lives with her husband and the youngest of their kids in a sprawling development of old trees and wide lawns just south of Chapel Hill. Before I reached her, McGraw emailed. She wanted to feed me when I got there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould you like to try emu?\u201d she asked. \u201cOr perhaps some duck?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These are not normal breakfast offerings. But for years, nothing about McGraw\u2019s life has been normal. She cannot eat beef or pork, or drink milk or eat cheese or snack on a gelatine-containing dessert without feeling her throat close and her blood pressure drop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story begins with a cancer drug called cetuximab, which came on to the market in 2004. Cetuximab is a protein grown in cells taken from mice. 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