02 January 2008

Ain't science grand

The twists and turns of the human genome.
-- LONDON (Reuters) -- A married couple who sailed to America from England around 1630 are the reason why thousands of people in the United States are at higher risk of a hereditary form of colon cancer, researchers said on Wednesday.

Using a genetic fingerprint, a U.S. team traced back a so-called founder genetic mutation to the couple found among two large families currently living in Utah and New York.
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RELATED: Then there is willful ignorance...

With all of this knowledge, why are so many people simply imploding?
“There were feelings of terror, like when you were a little kid and there’s that thing that terrifies you,” he said. “This was it. The worst nightmare, and I brought this onto myself.”
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