disease susceptibility

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disease susceptibility

The Family gene

a mission to turn my deadly inheritance into a hopeful future
2017
Joselin Linder, frustrated with years of misdiagnoses, sets out to build a more complete picture of her family's baffling symptoms, and in doing so, she exposed a brand new genetic variant to researchers in the field of genomic medicine.
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Survival of the sickest

the surprising connections between disease and longevity
2008
Explores evolutionary history for answers to why certain diseases exist, discussing the effects of environmental factors such as climate, food, and drink on the genes of human ancestors thousands and hundreds of years ago, and examines connections between genetic inheritance and who gets which diseases.

Survival of the sickest

a medical maverick discovers why we need disease
2007
Explores evolutionary history for answers to why certain diseases exist, discussing the effects of environmental factors such as climate, food, and drink on the genes of human ancestors thousands and hundreds of years ago, and examines connections between genetic inheritance and who gets which diseases.
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