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Leprosy Genes

Posted by michael on from the don't-say-i-never-gave-you-anything dept.

Edward Glamkowski writes "Science Daily (among others) has an article about host genes that make people vulnerable to leprosy. Appearently the disease still affects over one million people in 91 countries today. "This is the second study, published in 2003 by McGill/CGDN scientists, that illustrates the importance of host genes in infectious disease." Appearently they did a study on Legionnaire's disease as well and plan on studying malaria and TB."

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  1. And of course... by Old+Uncle+Bill · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why did they call the leper hockey game?

    There was a face off in the corner.

    Sorry, I had to...

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