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  • Genetic differences that make some people susceptible to meningitis revealed in major new study

    08/08/2010 10:45:35 AM PDT · by decimon · 7 replies
    Imperial College London ^ | August 8, 2010 | Unknown
    Genetic differences that make some people susceptible to developing meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia, and others naturally immune, are revealed in a new study of over 6,000 people, published today in Nature Genetics. The research, led by Imperial College London and the Genome Institute of Singapore, is the largest ever genetic study of meningitis and septicaemia caused by meningococcal bacteria. It suggests that people who develop these diseases have innate differences in their natural defences that leave them unable to attack meningococcal bacteria successfully. Although several different bacteria and viruses cause meningitis, meningococcal bacteria cause one of the most devastating forms...