Immunity Genes Could Protect Some From E. Coli While Others Fall Ill (IMAGE)

Duke University Medical Center

Immunity Genes Could Protect Some From E. Coli While Others Fall Ill

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When a child comes home from preschool with a stomach bug that threatens to sideline the whole family for days, why do some members of the family get sick while others are unscathed? According to a Duke Health study published Jan. 19, 2016 in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, a person's resistance to certain germs, specifically E. coli bacteria, could come down to their very DNA.

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Mark Dubowski for Duke Health

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