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Yes, but later they say: Population studies in people together with animal experiments suggest this second genetic ‘hit’ can be triggered by infection – probab
by baxtr 8y ago
Yes, but later they say:
Population studies in people together with animal experiments suggest this second genetic ‘hit’ can be triggered by infection – probably by a range of common viruses and bacteria. In one unique cluster of cases investigated by Professor Greaves and colleagues in Milan, all cases were all infected with a flu virus.
- btilly 8y agoThe picture in the article says that the following is needed. 1. A mutation. 2. A clean childhood that does not build your immune system. 3. A follow-up mutation that can be caused by infection. So the clean childhood and infection as part of the picture are not contradictory to each other.