Posted on 10/02/03
'Susceptibility gene' linked to leprosy, research suggests
Canadian researchers have uncovered a brand-new dimension to an infectious disease older than the Bible.An international team led by scientists from Montreal's McGill University are homing in on a gene that makes certain people susceptible to leprosy, the disfiguring disease triggered by a bacterial infection.
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