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Published online 15 November 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news011115-5
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Blood gene saps malaria
A rare form of haemoglobin protects against malaria.
One in ten people in the west African country Burkina Faso have a gene that defends them against malaria, a new survey shows.
The gene encodes a mutant form of haemoglobin, red-blood cells' oxygen-carrying molecule.
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