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CletusDSpuckler t1_isyba6h wrote

Reply to comment by Hike_it_Out52 in Natural Selection Driven by the Black Death Linked to Modern-Day Autoimmune Disease: Analysis of DNA from over 200 remains shows that the Black Death selected for immune gene variants that are also risk factors for autoimmune conditions like Crohn's disease. by rjmsci

Genes that may have helped you survive the bubonic plague centuries ago became more common in the genome because of that protective benefit. Today, those same genes may be partly responsible for a hyperactive immune system that causes auto-immune diseases like Chron's.

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