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Gene discovery will help drug screening
The Conversation, Vol.30 May
The Conversation Media Group
2012
Abstract
The HIV drug “abacavir” has been found to induce a dangerous allergic reaction in patients with the HLA-B*5701 gene.
The allergic reaction causes the immune system to attack the body in a way that is similar to organ transplant rejection.
The research has furthered development on a new way of screening drugs for their potential to cause allergic reactions, especially in relation to the HLA group of genes.
Details
- Title
- Gene discovery will help drug screening
- Authors/Creators
- Murdoch University (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- The Conversation, Vol.30 May
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Group
- Identifiers
- 991005541645407891
- Copyright
- The Author
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Other
- Publisher URL
- http://theconversation.com/au
- Resource Sub-type
- Nonrefereed Article
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