Evolution may have pushed humans toward greater risk for type 1 diabetes
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 16:07
in Health & Medicine
Gene variants associated with an increased risk for type-1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis may confer previously unknown benefits to their human carriers, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. As a result, the human race may have been evolving in the recent past to be more susceptible, rather than less, to some complex diseases, they conclude.
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