Dress in snow, Tibet

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High Altitude Genes Discovered
Think that living during tall rise only takes a little acclimation? ...Well, a Tibetans have we beat because they actually have genes that a rest of us do not have, genes that allow them to live during such tall altitudes without compromising their corporeal functions.

For a infancy of us adjusting to altitude, where a atmosphere is very thin as well as oxygen levels are low, requires a bodies to produce some-more red red blood cells in sequence to connect as well as circulate a oxygen needed to say normal physique function.

However, this causes a problem. More red red blood cells lead to red blood that is too thick as well as viscous, a condition known as polycythemia, that can cause clots. However, Tibetans dont develop tall red red blood dungeon counts, nor do they experience alternative symptoms of rise sickness such as flourishing of a lungs as well as brain. As some-more research is finished to investigate a genetic purpose of such adaptations, knowledge may arise that can lead to novel methods of disease treatment.

The study is published online in ScienceExpress by researchers from a University of Utah School of Medicine as well as Qinghai University Medical School. [via HealthDay]
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