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The genes behind malaria resistance may reveal an intriguing evolutionary history

In the media 30 Sep 2015
A child suffering from malaria recovers at a clinic in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo credit: 2013_04_15_Clinic_D(link is external), AMISOM Public Information, CC0-1.0
A child suffering from malaria recovers at a clinic in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo credit: 2013_04_15_Clinic_D(link is external), AMISOM Public Information, CC0-1.0

Rachel Feltman of the Washington Post interviewed Dominic Kwiatkowski about our newly-discovered gene locus that can explain why, in communities where everyone is constantly exposed to malaria, some children develop severe malaria and others don’t.

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