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Mutations often (?) caused by environment... - Cure Parkinson's
Mutations often (?) caused by environmental hormone disruptors
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Often repeated is the notion that "genetic epidemics" don't occur
because genes don't change that rapidly. However, findings in recent
years have documented an abundance of de novo mutations in humans. Is
the fact of more than 80,000 untested chemicals making a contribution?
Autism serves as an example.
sciencedaily.com/releases/2...
nature.com/neuro/journal/va...
scientificamerican.com/arti...
Words like environment and environmental do not appear in the
Sci Amer article. For an excellent overview, see Jill Escher's essay:
Germline mutagenesis: The forgotten
realm of public health research.
June 23, 2017.
germlineexposures.org/blog/...
De novo mutations in PD are being studied. EDCs may not be the only chemical capable of injuring the human genome in vivo.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/263...
genomebiology.biomedcentral...