A Genomic Surprise
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Heart Attack |
Muscular Dystrophy |
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Age group affected |
Older people (usually) |
Toddlers and youth |
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Lifestyle triggers |
Yes (usually) |
No |
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Prognosis |
Usually treatable |
Uncurable |
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Available medicines |
>40 |
1 |
Butte's discovery: Heart attack and muscular dystrophy alter the activity of the same group of genes.