Gene found which helps prevent MS
UK Researchers have discovered a gene that helps combat multiple sclerosis (MS). The research, published early online in the journal Nature, found that the gene which puts a person at risk of MS, called DR2b, is partnered by another gene, DR2a, which tempers the effects of the...
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Behavioural genetics and risk of 'criminality'
by Dr Mairi Levitt
We're not arguing that genes made him do it but if violent behaviour is genetic then it is probably treatable'. This comment by a US lawyer on behalf of his client (who was eventually executed for murder last year) sums up the hope invested in research into violent and antisocial...