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Blood Counts Are Clues To Human Disease Monday, October 12, 2009 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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A new genome-wide association study published October 11 in Nature Genetics begins to uncover the basis of genetic variations in eight blood measurements and the impact those variants can have on common human diseases. Blood measurements, including the number and volume of cells in the blood, are routinely used to diagnose a wide range of disorders, including anaemia, infection and blood cell cancers. (source: sanger.ac.uk)
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