CPT1A – Eye on the Arctic

Postpartum nurse Elisa See collects blood samples from one-day-old Bryce Jones on Monday afternoon, Nov. 24, at Alaska Native Medical Center. The blood was drawn to screen for 50 conditions including CPT1A, which occurs in some Alaska Native people and other Arctic indigenous people. If undetected, CPT1A Arctic variant can have serious health consequences. A new and improved test, expected to be implemented next year, will do a better job of finding CPT1A Arctic variant. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News)

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Clues emerging about Arctic gene, diet and health

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, December 1, 2014 at 14:46 — Last Updated: Monday, December 1, 2014 at 21:18
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For thousands of years, the indigenous people of the far north survived the extreme cold of their environment with a