Xolair works by targeting an immune-system molecule called immunoglobulin E (IgE), a crucial defensive weapon that goes into overdrive in many patients with allergic asthma.

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For example, aluminum hydroxide is commonly added to vaccines but it was documented in a NATO book that aluminum also stimulates production of IgE, the immunoglobulin most associated with anaphylactic shock and there are multiple other toxic adjuvants routinely added in vaccine manufacture.

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