Gene / myLot

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 19 Mar 22

Perhaps you have read about Dr. James Fallon's work. He is a neuroscientist who has done over twenty years of study into the brain of serial killers and psychopaths. He found that some of his relatives were psychopaths. He had...

normal looking

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gene

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Jessa Mae @Sammilita (228) • Philippines 13 Aug 18

Being tall seems to be part of mostly everyone's wish, but not all are granted that type of gene . A talent perhaps or maybe even something striking. The personality, the color of the eyes, structure of the face, and...

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julito @antonbunot (11146) • Calgary, Alberta 19 Oct 16

My late grandmother was just 4 feet and 4 inches in height and she lived till age 96! I have the feeling that she inherited from her late parents the so-called Methuselah gene. What is Methuselah gene? By the way, according to...

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s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 14 Jun 16

Sugar is instant energy to the body. This can be digested easily and will be absorbed into the blood to provide energy. But, the excess consumption of it will cause many damages and disorders which are; It impaires the gene...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 20 Sep 11

But from Slave Owners. In fact, America is much more a "melting pot" than we suspected. The genes of most Americans are so mixed that it's hard to say what race we hail from.. much less what race we are. Using modern...

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Marja @buenavida (9984) • Sweden 12 Apr 11

Scottish Fold cats come from a barn cat called Susie. She was found in Scotland in 1961. A geneticist and a cat-fancier started to breed these cats – it looks like due to a dominant gene, if one parent has straight ears and the...

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ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 17 Feb 11

~ No running. Nothing good can come from running in the puddles. ~ No one allowed in the shallow end without responsible adult supervision. ~ No glass, gum, food or other inanimate objects allowed in the pool (except pool...

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Aurone @Aurone (4755) • United States 12 Aug 10

I saw this on MSN last night evidently there is a new gene in bacteria that allows it to be resistant to most of the antibiotics that we currently produce. It has originated in India where the medical system is not as likely to...

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sakral @sakral (70) • Bulgaria 9 Mar 10

About cloning of human beings... I read some time ago that there is a gene that can be blocked and a human embryo will be developed without a central nerves system. So in future should be possible to take from you a cell and to...

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codeofuniverse @codeofuniverse (558) • India 11 Jan 10

Why dop some people like to take risk by planning "longshot"payoffs while,on the other hand ,taking the opposite tack by buying insurence to reduce risks? a team of economist and molecular genetics from the Hebrew University of...

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harshadod @harshadod (858) • India 17 Nov 09

In natural selection, it is genes that enable their owners to leave more surviving progeny that become more common. The idea that natural selection can favor groups, instead of acting directly on individuals, is highly...

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Zhu Huifen @zhuhuifen46 (3483) • China 27 Jul 09

We all know that vitamin supplements through natural diet help to improve health. For instance, VC is good for skin, VA good for eyes and hair, VD good for bones, and adequate iodine intake good for brain, etc. When you are...

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 28 Apr 09

Tonight on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric Dr. Geri Dawson of Autism Speaks spoke about new discoveries made in the area of Autism as it is linked to genes. I could not find the link on CBS News (I'm guessing too new...

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sunita64 @sunita64 (6468) • India 22 Mar 09

I am good at remembering every friends birthday, but all my men friends forget, is there a gene involved which is responsible or is it deliberate.

gene

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akki16 @akki16 (81) • India 13 Mar 09

Alarmed by the rise in obesity ,researchers are examining the possibility of injecting a gene directly in to one of the critical feeding and weight control centers of the brain. I think this could ultimately provide a much safer...

conventional therapies

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sunil_008 @sunil_008 (1269) • India 22 Feb 09

despite their prevalence,it is always devastating when a woman experiences a miscarriage.though in real i do not know any woman who has gone through all this.but sounds terrible to me.so what causes the miscarriages in women?and...

alcohol consumption during pregnency

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blogs86 @blogs86 (370) • Philippines 30 Jan 09

lets say that a little girl named Martha is born in a hospital and one of the doctors in the hospital thinks shes so adorable she asks her parents to clone her. the parents agree, the doctor becomes the surrogate mother for the...

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Island_Geko @Island_Geko (3758) • Canada 5 Jan 09

I have as my of my mylot friends know a Chronic pain condition called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. It is Similar in nature to Fibromyalgis but has a add feature of nerve pain. This past year my Aunt (My mother's sister) was...

reflex sympathetic distrophy

tmj

moonlitmagikchild @moonlitmagikchild (22181) • United States 19 Nov 08

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27768827/ apparently since a lot of people are getting tested for the breast cancer gene and some show they dont have it they think they are in the clear but they are not!! so family history if you...

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Antzon @Antzon (159) • Singapore 3 Sep 08

Whats your view on human genetic engineering. It now still proves to be a topic that still have a long way to go and researched on, however do you support it? I personally support the research on human genetic engineering...

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