Re: [DIYbio] Genetic Superpowers



On Saturday, 23 June 2012 08:03:14 UTC-4, Lisa Thalheim wrote:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2009/08/13-02.html /
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/325/5942/866.abstract:

"We have identified a mutation in a transcriptional repressor
(hDEC2-P385R) that is associated with a human short sleep phenotype."

I remember reading that article, and that there was no evidence that the 2 subjects (there were only 2 subjects in this study!) were not sleep-deprived.  This mutation may have simply given them a low-grade insomnia.

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