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Chinese gene code more susceptible to flu


Simbi Laveau

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http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/333315/chinese-genes-boost-peril-from-flu-study

24% of all Han Chinese carry a genetic code in their immunity genome ,that makes them more susceptible to getting very ill from certain strains of flu .

Only 0.03 of Europeans carry the same genetic coding .

" Researchers in China and Britain looked at Chinese hospital data from the 2009-2010 pandemic of H1N1 influenza.

Patients who had the minute variant were six times likelier to be treated for severe infection compared with patients who had a different genetic type, they found.

The variation focuses on just a single change in the code of a key gene in the immune system.

The IFITM3 gene -- for "interferon-induced transmembrane protein-3" -- determines how cells fight the influenza virus.

The single code change is called rs12252, and it comes in three variants, also called genotypes: CC, CT and TT.

Around 24 percent of Han Chinese have the CC genotype, but their numbers were disproportionately high among those who were badly affected by flu, the investigators learned."

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Holy cow... Chinese herbs (use through the ages) made some Chinese susceptible (mutations?) to certain flus... Boomer...

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*raises eyebrow*

Ummm,that's not what the article says at all. It doesn't even mention Chinese herbs .

It says its GENETIC,as in ,its in their genes when they are born ....

No,you don't Troll me ....much ...

just sayin

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*raises eyebrow*

Ummm,that's not what the article says at all. It doesn't even mention Chinese herbs .

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Of course not, but I employed same logic you are using on your crusade against science based medicine.
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Of course not, but I employed same logic you are using on your crusade against science based medicine.

Uh,yah ok ...troll

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