Genomics and Genetics
Frequency of TNF genes in African Americans from southeast U.S. determined
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 17th, 2003
According to recent research published in the journal Human Immunology, "Knowledge of population major histocompatibility complex gene frequencies is important for construction of organ donor pools and for studies of disease association."
"Human leukocyte antigen DRB1 (HLA-DRB1), HLA-DQB1, and TNF-alpha-308 (G-A) promoter genetic typing was performed in 112 healthy, unrelated African Americans (AAs) from the southeastern United States," reported Tamara...
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