(Ivanhoe Newswire) — Medical scientists have for the first time identified a gene responsible for a fatal abdominal condition that afflicts tens of thousands of people across the world. An international team led by Matt Bown, a vascular surgeon from the University of Leicester, identified a single gene that is linked to the development of abdominal aortic aneurysms, AAAs.SOURCE:

The American Journal of Human Genetics, November 3, 2011

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