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Gene link to meningitis infection
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GT Truther  Joined: Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:43 am Posts: 432 
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 Gene link to meningitis infectionGene link to meningitis infection
By Emma Wilkinson Health reporter, BBC News A set of genes which renders people more prone to meningitis has been pinpointed by researchers. The international team compared DNA from 1,400 people with bacterial meningitis and 6,000 healthy individuals, Nature Genetics reports. They found differences in a family of genes involved in the immune response seem to make people more or less susceptible to the infection. ...... .......They found a clear difference in a small set of genes known to be involved in the immune system response. When they looked again in two other European populations they found the same result. ....... entire article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10893055 |
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