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immunogenetics
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immunogenetics /im·mu·no·ge·net·ics/ (im″ūn-o-jĕ-net´iks) the study of the genetic factors controlling the individual's immune response and the transmission of those factors from generation to generation.immunogenet´ic
im·mu·no·ge·net·ics (my-n-j-ntks)
n.
The branch of immunology that is concerned with the molecular and genetic basis of the immune response.

immu·no·ge·neti·cist (--sst) n.

immunogenetics
[-jənet′iks]
a branch of medicine concerned with the role of genetics in tissue transplantation and immunologic response.

immunogenetics
the study of the genetic factors controlling the animal's immune response and the transmission of those factors from generation to generation.


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According to Hugh Fudenberg, MD, one of the world's leading immunogeneticists, if an individual had five flu shots between 1970 and 1980 (the years studied), his of her chances of getting Alzheimer's disease are ten times higher than a person who had one, two, or no shots.
A second paper, this one by immunogeneticist John Trowsdale of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London and his colleagues, adds to the ovarian cancer story.
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