Extreme Flu? Weird Encephalitis? It May Be Your Genes
Subtle mutations can undermine our ability to fend off a specific bugBy Claudia Wallis | Scientific American July 2018 Issue
Bad luck. Terrible misfortune. That's what we think when we hear about a perfectly healthy child who suddenly dies of influenza, a virus most of us can shake off. But what if it isn't luck? What if this kind of deadly infection turns out to be, well, genetic?/.../
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