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What podcasts say about Sickle-cell trait
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What experts have said about Sickle-cell trait
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Sickle-cell traits can protect against malaria, despite causing disease risks.
“The argument for why we would ever have a sickle cell gene, this is the one that causes people to have hem, you know, hemophilia. And it's a lot of sub Saharan African gene. People from that origin have this is that it's actually defensive against malaria.”
Open the episode · How Your Immune System Works & How to Improve It | Dr. Max KrummelListen at 2:15:46
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