A miracle of biochemical interactions, working in a synchronicity that amazes—this is the human body. The human body consists of over 30,000,000,000,000 (30 trillion) cells. Biochemical cycles—directed by proteins built through RNA transcribed/decoded from DNA—run our bodies so that we can eat, drink, run, walk, think and make merry. It happens every...
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The Human Genome Project has been the catalyst for thousands of research studies and exciting discoveries. One study in 2011 found a gene variant in a small group of French Canadians that researchers called a “fountain of youth” gene. This gene is called PCSK9Q152 — the superscript describes it as a variant of the gene PCSK9. In 2011,...
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A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association-Oncology (JAMA) contains an exciting strategy (made possible again by all the work of the Human Genome Project) for treatment decision making and finding recurrences earlier for those diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer. Treatment involves...
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