When our ancestors left Ireland, they brought their food, their

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When our ancestors left Ireland, they brought their food, their music, their accents and their genes to this island. Now. a team of researchers is hoping modern genetic connections between Newfoundland and Ireland can help solve some medical problems

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Geneticists have been studying the population of Newfoundland for decades. The gene pool is limited, because of our small population and historically isolated communities. That means it's easier for scientists to identify genes that cause hereditary diseases, and to work on treatments for them. Now researchers are taking that work into the future...by looking at the past. Ed Gilbert is a lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Lynn Healey is COO of Sequence Bio, a St. John's company researching our genetics.

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