People of African descent often have non-communicable and infectious diseases at the same time. Research needs to be done into integrated treatment.
Articles on Genetic epidemiology
Displaying all articles
People don’t randomly select who they have children with. And that means an underlying assumption in research that tries to link particular genes to certain diseases or traits is wrong.
Ten years ago, we feared Tasmanian devils would be wiped out by a bizarre infectious facial cancer transmitted by biting. But new genetic analysis shows they are evolving to live with the disease.
There is speculation about whether a population can achieve some sort of immunity to the virus with as little as 20% infected.
Every time the virus copies itself it makes mistakes, creating a trail that researchers can use to build a family tree with information about where it’s traveled, and when.
Comparing genomes of more than 200,000 people, researchers identified genetic variants that are less common in older people, suggesting natural selection continues to weed out disadvantageous traits.
Top contributors
-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
-
Ph.D. Student in Biological Sciences, Columbia University
-
Professor of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
-
PhD Student in Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina
-
Professor of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina
-
Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
-
Postdoctoral Associate, University of California, Berkeley
-
Professor of Neurology and Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
-
Emeritus Professor, infectious disease ecology, Griffith University
-
Professor of Epidemiology, Umeå University
-
Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, Lund University
-
Researcher and PhD student, African Population and Health Research Center
-
Postdoctoral researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
-
Director of the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Professor in the Division of Human Genetics, University of the Witwatersrand