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Article: Stanford Researchers Study How Gene Level Variations in Blood Affect Immunity.
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- February 12, 2003
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STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2003
Differences in people seem to run in the blood, according to a recent study that examines which genes are active in blood cells. The work, published in this week's online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that the levels of several genes used by blood cells vary from person to person.
"Nobody had taken this broad a look at genetic variation in the blood of healthy people," said David Relman, MD, associate professor of medicine at Stanford and a co-author of the study.
People vary greatly in their reactions to bacteria ...