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Unifying diseases from a genetic point of view: the example of the genetic theory of infectious diseases.
Theoretical medicine and bioethics - 1 Aug 2013
Darrason Marie
Abstract excerpt
In the contemporary biomedical literature, every disease is considered genetic. This extension of the concept of genetic disease is usually interpreted either in a trivial or genocentrist sense, but it is never taken seriously as the expression of a genetic theory of disease. However, a group of French researchers defend the idea of a genetic theory of infectious diseases. By identifying four common genetic...
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