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Disease resistance may be genetic

According to a study in Evolution, resistance to certain infectious diseases may be passed genetically from parent to child.

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   10-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Two scientists with the Agricultural Research Service, which is the chief intramural scientific research agency of the US Department of Agriculture, are screening bottlegourds for genetic resistance to ZYMV. Plant pathologist Kai-Shu Ling and geneticist Amnon Levi, who work at the US Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, S.C., have been searching for effective and environmentally friendly techniques to control watermelon pathogens and pests.
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3. Resistance and genetic sensitivity to sleeping sickness
   10-13-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Human African trypanosomiasis, transmitted by tse-tse fly bite, is a mainly rural disease and is strongly linked to people's living patterns and conditions, proximity to water-courses, in particular. Although environmental and behavioural risk factors are important in the epidemiology of human African trypanosomiasis, individual sensitivity to the disease appears to exist, according to experimental and immunological studies. IRD researchers investigated the role of human genetic diversity in the resistance or sensitivity to parasitic diseases, including sleeping sickness.
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4. Resistance And Genetic Sensitivity To Sleeping Sickness
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5. Genetic map offers new tool for malaria research
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   An international research team has completed a map that charts the genetic variability of the human malaria parasite. The work has already unearthed novel genes that may underlie resistance to current drugs against the disease.
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6. UK scientists lift lid on genetics of coronary artery disease
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