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Re:New universe of miniproteins is upending cell biology and... by JohnBerea on Thursday October 17, 2019 @11:41PM (#21288453)
The human genome is full of harmful mutations. While many are widespread and some are shared by everyone, we each still have our own unique collection of them. I often wonder how much longer we'd live with every obviously harmful mutation reverted.
Re:New universe of miniproteins is upending cell biology and... by rosybox on Friday October 18, 2019 @01:41PM (#21293433)
It's probably not black and white, some of those harmful mutation may have necessary benefits in some other function. It's like drinking a poison that will kill in the long term but you need to live in the short term.
Re:New universe of miniproteins is upending cell biology and... by JohnBerea on Saturday October 19, 2019 @01:27AM (#21296931)
Such mutations are highly popularized and simultaneously very rare.