March 18, 2024 – When Ken Aaron, 51, woke up from his first-ever colonoscopy last February to his doctor mouthing…
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About a quarter of Labradors have a hunger-inducing mutation in the POMC gene Charles Mann/Getty images Two dog breeds, Labradors…
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Read More »A rare but potent genetic mutation that alters a protein in the brain’s immune cells, known as microglia, can give…
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