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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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Molecular blood genotyping test in development
An international consortium of researchers, BloodGen, is developing a new form of genetic blood test that will provide much closer matching between blood samples and transfusion recipients. 13/09/06

First UK baby selected to be free of cancer gene
A woman is pregnant with what is thought to be the first child in the UK to have been selected to be free of a cancer gene, The Times has reported. 15/05/06

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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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