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28 May 2019
Alexander: “Rare disease are individually rare but collectively a common health problem. Unraveling the underlying disease causes can help individual patients and teach a lot about biology.”
More information on Alexander’s research group 'Immuno-Genomics' can be found here.
Alexander Hoischen, affiliated with the department of Human Genetics and the department of Internal Medicine, has been appointed as associate professor ‘Genomic technologies & immuno-genomics’ on May 28.
Alexander: “Rare disease are individually rare but collectively a common health problem. Unraveling the underlying disease causes can help individual patients and teach a lot about biology.”
More information on Alexander’s research group 'Immuno-Genomics' can be found here.
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