Genetics shine new light on old diseases

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 20:10 in Health & Medicine

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lui Sang, now 81, was diagnosed with leprosy as a boy shortly after his older brother came down with the same infection, notorious for centuries for causing disfiguring skin lesions and stigma.

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