There's a [short video on the UChicago Medicine site](https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/research-and-discoveries-articles/ancient-dna-shows-people-with-certain-genes-were-more-likely-to-survive-the-black-death) that explains this research
have received thousands of their citizens in body bags. Heat stroke isn't an [instant killer](https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/news/severity-of-classic-heat-stroke-recognized) for most that die from it and leaves survivors with permanent organ damage that could make
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Reply to Natural Selection Driven by the Black Death Linked to Modern-Day Autoimmune Disease: Analysis of DNA from over 200 remains shows that the Black Death selected for immune gene variants that are also risk factors for autoimmune conditions like Crohn's disease. by rjmsci
There's a [short video on the UChicago Medicine site](https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/research-and-discoveries-articles/ancient-dna-shows-people-with-certain-genes-were-more-likely-to-survive-the-black-death) that explains this research