Tribes and Diatribes: race, genes, and diseases

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Few human deaths are caused by inherited genetic defects, and yet all diseases have a genetic basis. How do we resolve that paradox, and what have race, ethnicity and longevity got to do with it?

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This event was on Thu, 25 Sep 2008

Christopher Dye

Professor Christopher Dye

Professor of Physic

Professor Dye was the Gresham Professor of Physic between 2005 and 2009. He is based at the World Health Organization, where he evaluates epidemiological and...

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