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vCJD study into blood transfusion risk

A study has suggested that everyone could be susceptible to vCJD infection via blood transfusions, although how it affects them could be determined by their genes. All cases of vCJD in humans have been in people with one particular genetic profile, but the study in The Lancet Neurology suggests that those with other gene types are at risk.

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