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Scientists map 'silenced genes' with big role in health
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LAURAN NEERGAARD, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
12-02-2007
Scientists map 'silenced genes' with big role in health -- Gain insight on origins of illness
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 12-02-2007, Sunday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
WASHINGTON — Remember when you learned in biology class that children inherit one copy of a gene from mom and a second from dad? There's a twist: Some of those genes arrive switched off, so there is no backup if the other copy goes bad, making you more vulnerable to disorders from obesity to cancer.
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