Waging war on superbugs

An investigation into the evolution of disease and how genetics are helping in the war against infections from malaria to MRSA

As the Nobel laureate Paul Berg has said, all disease is genetic to some extent. Infectious diseases such as HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and flu are not caused by DNA damage, as are tumours, or by major Mendelian mutations, as is cystic fibrosis. But the genes of both pathogens and their human hosts are pivotal to the way that viruses, bacteria and parasites make us ill.

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