The need of the hour: BY Dr B. J. C. Perera MBBS(Cey), DCH(Cey), DCH(Eng), MD(Paed), MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lon), FRCPCH(UK), FSLCPaed, FCCP, Hony FRCPCH(UK), Hony. FCGP(SL) Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. On 01st July 1946, the Communicable Disease Center (CDC) of the United States of […]
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‘Causal’ blood pressure genes found in human kidney
An international team of scientists led by The University of Manchester have discovered 179 kidney genes responsible for high blood pressure.
High blood pressure, known as “silent killer”, is one of the most common human diseases and remains the key risk factor for strokes and heart attacks.
High blood pressure – or hypertension- runs in families but the exact mechanisms through which genes influence individuals’ predisposition to hypertension is not clear.
The discoveries published in Nature Genetics, one of the world’s leading journals, shed new light on our understanding of genetic predisposition to high blood pressure.
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