Leprosy susceptibility genes reported

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 18:21 in Health & Medicine

In the first genome-wide association study (GWAS) of leprosy and the largest GWAS on an infectious disease, scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and 26 institutes in China identified seven genes that increase an individual's susceptibility to leprosy.

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