Conference News (Hypertension)

Researchers Debate Role of Race Vs. Genetics in Heart Disease in Blacks

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, August 4th, 1997

The quest for genetic clues explaining why some people are more prone than others to hypertension is intensifying, doctors said.

"Genes sing a prehistoric song. And we must pay attention to it," Dr. Clarence Grim, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, reported to the 12th International Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks.

The four-day conference examined why hypertension afflicts nearly twice as many blacks as whites and what can be done about it.

Delegates were told that blacks may be more sensitive to salt and thus more vulnerable to high blood pressure than whites. They were also told that blacks may...

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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (1997-08-04)

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