UK scientists launch hunt for 'anorexia gene: Plea for 1,000 volunteers to help prove health victims are born with …
Posted: August 24, 2014 at 1:47 pm
King's College researchers have joined experts from around the world If they find the biology behind the disease they can better treat sufferers The research has been called 'invaluable' as it will take away the stigma
By Emily Kent Smith for The Mail on Sunday
Published: 18:58 EST, 23 August 2014 | Updated: 18:58 EST, 23 August 2014
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British scientists are calling for anorexia sufferers to join a ground-breaking study to find the genes that may cause the condition.
Researchers from Kings College London have joined forces with experts from around the world in an effort to prove that victims are born with the illness.
Anorexia affects about 1.6million people in Britain alone.
Charlotte Bevan, who died in January, and her daughter Georgie who was diagnosed with anorexia aged 12
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