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Discovering how genetic ‘dark matter’ plays a role in mental illness is just the tip of the iceberg for human health – The Conversation UK
New research provides a template for understanding the role of genetic switches in the development of complex diseases whose causes have so far evaded scrutiny.
Each cell in our bodies holds two metres of DNA that contains the six billion bits of the DNA code necessary for making a healthy human body. This is known as the human genome. It is now accepted that what makes people different, and contributes to their susceptibility to ill health, are the 6-10 million DNA differences in the human genome known to exist within the general population.
A surprising fact is that only 1.7% of these 6 billion bits of code represent the genes that make proteins. Pro…
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