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Xtreme Everest 2: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sherpa Phenotype?

Xtreme Everest 2

Large expedition to Everest Base Camp seeking to characterise acclimatisation to environmental hypoxia in Sherpa's & Westerners to identify biomarkers of (mal-) adaptation that may inspire novel diagnostic/therapeutic targets for the cellular hypoxia seen in critical illness.