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Business – It’s in your genes. Are you really business savvy because of your genes? Do your genes control your business choices?
More than 3 million people worldwide are affected by narcolepsy. Yet, only 25% of them are properly diagnosed and receive treatment.
In affected individuals, a blood clot can form at anytime, under any condition, anywhere in the body.
Hereditary hemochromatosis is a deadly but treatable disease, found predominantly in individuals of European descent.
Growing up, milk and butter were staples. In college, you consumed Kraft dinner and extra cheesy pizza in copious amounts. But now, eating plain yogurt leaves you bloated and uncomfortable.
Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy and Bashful – four of Disney’s dwarfs are named after feelings ruled by one chemical in the brain, serotonin.
Serotonin is one of the many ‘happiness’ chemicals produced by the brain, which is why altering the signal sent by serotonin can cause grouchiness.
Remember that Friends episode, when Chandler fell asleep at a meeting and ended up with a job in Tulsa?
“He shoots. He scores”. As Wayne Gretzky skates around the rink holding the Stanley Cup, fans go wild.
It is said that swans mate for life. The same can be said for humans, but modern genetic tests tell us that this is more of a myth than the biological truth.
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Researchers have uncovered multiple genes associated with needing less than 6 hours of sleep at night.
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Researchers link genetic changes in the region of DNA that define blood type with susceptibility to COVID-19 infections.
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