Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)
1 min readJun 21, 2020

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That's very thoughtful. I must say that you hit the mark. People with genetic susceptibility to depression are also more likely to mount a stronger immune response. Because the genes involve in both overlaps. A good example is females with higher prevalence of depression but fares much better against infections.

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Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)
Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)

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