A life sciences firm has turned to this community to understand how certain diseases occur in the general population
indianexpress.com
Why do Parsis in India live longer than other communities? Why do they have relatively fewer cases of lung, head or neck cancer, but present an increased prevalence of Parkinson, Alzheimer and other neurodegenerative diseases?
Questions such as these saw Perviz Bhote, a retired English literature professor, sign up for the ‘10,000 Avestagenome Project’ in 2008 to discover more about her genetic history.
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^ this popped up in my phone feed, but sadly the damn thing is behind a pay wall. I thought it might be of particular interest to you, Doc.
Unless of course, you've read it and already posted it here.
Cheers, Sharma.