Genetic Test For Frequent Fliers
In an earlier news story, we reported that researchers in Australia and the U.K. believe that many deaths from bloodclots caused by long airplane flights go unreported.
Now scientists think that genetic testing could prevent this from happening. Gillian Turner, a medical geneticist at the University of Newcastle in Australia, says people planning a long flight should consider being genetically tested for a mutation in their blood-clotting gene. “There is another component besides saying that it’s all the airlines’ fault for nottelling people to move their legs,” she says.
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