Tag: hemochromatosis


July 22, 2008

The Ultimate Trade-off: Genes, Environment, and Why We Crave Twinkies

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Last week in the Spittoon we reported on a new study that identified an interesting genetic trade-off — a genetic variant known that has one effect on a person's vulnerability to malaria, and the opposite on susceptibility to HIV infection. The "Duffy negative" version of the gene, which is common among [...]

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