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Nicholas A. Christakis @NicholasAChristakis · Sep 27, 2022
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Wonderful work & thread showing that co-evolution between pathogens and humans ~2-5,000 years ago likely resulted in divergent ancestry-specific selection on immune genes, which incidentally drove increase in genetic risk for Multiple Sclerosis (upon infection with EBV, usually).

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What were the origins of the genetic mutations that cause Multiple Sclerosis? Were they advantageous in the past? I have been working on these questions for the past year, and am delighted to share our new preprint! A short 🧵: bit.ly/3DWfP5r
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