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S3.16 Sickness and susceptibility: The ancient war between genes and disease
Season 3 · Episode 16

S3.16 Sickness and susceptibility: The ancient war between genes and disease

The ancient war between genes and disease

Genetics Unzipped · Genetics Unzipped

July 30, 202034m 33s

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Show Notes

We look at the ancient war between our genes and the pathogens that infect us, going back thousands of years to the Black Death and before, through to our very latest foe.

With Claire Steves (King’s College London), Christiana Scheib (University of Tartu) and Lucy van Dorp (UCL).

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Genetics Unzipped is written and presented by Kat Arney with audio production by Hannah Varrall. [ADJUST CREDITS AS REQUIRED eg With additional research and scripting by Emily Nordvang, reporting by Georgia Mills]

This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies in the world dedicated to supporting and promoting the research, teaching and application of genetics.