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- Prof Steve Jones is elected as a Fellow of The Royal Society
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- Publication in Nature of controversial study led by GEE's Gems and Partridge labs
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- City living helped humans evolve immunity to TB
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City living helped humans evolve immunity to TB
1 October 2010
New research from Professor Mark Thomas of the UCL Research
Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment (GEE) has found that a genetic variant which reduces the
chance of contracting diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy is more
prevalent in populations with long histories of urban living.
The research, published in the journal Evolution, shows that in areas
with a long history of urban settlements, today’s inhabitants are more likely to
possess the genetic variant which provides resistance to infection.
Professor Thomas said: “The results show that the protective variant is found in nearly
everyone from the Middle East to India and in parts of Europe where cities have
been around for thousands of years”
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