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Amish gene can make them live 10 years longer and avoid diabetes

15 November 2017

A gene variant that arose six generations ago in an Amish group seems to make people carrying the gene live ten years longer, and protect them from diabetes

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Amish gene can make them live 10 years longer and avoid diabetes

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