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Genetic diseases occur in different regions of Azerbaijan with varying frequency.

A heterozygous carrier of the beta-thalassemia gene is most common among apparently healthy residents of Shaki, Oghuz, Ismayilli, Goychay, Shamakhi, Agdash, Ujar, Saatly, Sabirabad an Salyan regions and scientists explain the reason differently.

"Unfortunately, due to the spread of thalassemia Azerbaijan ranks fourth in the world while ranking first is Sardinia (Italy) with 23-30 percent of the carriers of the disease; [the figure is] 17 percent in the northern and southern regions of Cyprus and 10-12 percent in some regions of Greece and Turkey," said PhD Elkhan Rasulov, geneticist at the Republican Treatment and Diagnostics Center.

Read more about it in AZERNEWS online newspaper's print edition published on June 19.

Also, in the new edition you can read articles about Azerbaijani entrepreneurs' support for Ilham Aliyev`s candidacy in the presidential elections, the international conference of ombudsmen held on Human Rights Day, the FAO award conferred to Azerbaijan for poverty reduction efforts,
Korean and Azerbaijani musicians` performances at the Baku concert on June 24 and an amazing beach club on the Caspian Sea shore, Amburan, etc.

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