Study reveals genetic link to infectious disease susceptibility

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 16:01 in Health & Medicine

Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and National University Health System (NUHS) have identified new genetic variants that increase susceptibility to several infectious diseases including tuberculosis and malaria.

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