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Life Sciences
How your genes change what they do without changing what they are
Your DNA sequence stays the same all your life, yet which genes are switched on shifts with what you eat, breathe and do. Here is how gene expression and methylation work, and what a new preprint on two Bornean communities suggests about how fast that can change.
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Medical Sciences
How some people resist a disease their genes made near-certain
A few people carry mutations that should have made them ill, and stay well anyway. Here is how protective genetic variants work, why researchers hunt for them, and what a new preprint on two Colombian carriers does and does not show.
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