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Preventing disease
An understanding of genetic contributions to disease will create new opportunities for us to safeguard our health.
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New findings are a major advance in our understanding of the inherited influences on blood pressure and offer potential targets for the prevention of heart disease and stroke - the biggest cause of death worldwide. 12/09/11
The first genome scan for womb cancer has revealed a genetic region that is associated with a reduced risk of the disease. The same region, called HNF1B, has been linked previously to lower prostate cancer risk in men. 18/04/11
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Pathogen genes introduced into the body and expressed to make pathogen-specific proteins that stimulate a protective immune response. 27/08/02
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