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If you like these kinds of story, you will enjoy this story about PCSK9: https://www.nature.com/news/genetics-a-gene-of-rare-effect-1.12773 https://www.nature.c

• reasonattlm 9y ago
  Also: ANGPTL4: http://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/short/article/32985/ http://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/short/art... ASGR1: http://healthsciences.ku.dk/news/new-2016/mutation-protects-against-heart-disease/ http://healthsciences.ku.dk/news/new-2016/mutation-protects-... Growth hormone receptor: http://www.nbcnews.com/health/aging/little-people-ecuador-laron-syndrome-may-unlock-cancer-diabetes-cure-n511266 http://www.nbcnews.com/health/aging/little-people-ecuador-la... And of course there are human loss of function myostatin mutants, but I can never find the articles I recall reading years back on some of the few known individuals.