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How is gene linked to intelligence related to "eradication of diseases, creating lower susceptibility to some forms of cancer or heart disease"? The genes that

• sokoloff 4y ago
  Do you have a list of all the genes and all the things that they impact, even slightly, alone and in combinations? That list in itself would seem to be extraordinarily valuable, perhaps even Nobel Prize winning. We don't know what unrelated items or generally applicable patterns we might find when we go looking into basic research.
  • jl6 4y ago
    As a concrete example, it’s completely plausible that understanding the genetic basis of cognitive ability could inform treatment of dementia.