Summary
A large study in Pakistan found many people with these turned‑off genes.
The team will study whether losing a gene is harmful, helpful, or neutral.
Key Points
3 points1
Nature sometimes stops a gene from working.
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Researchers examined thousands of people in Pakistan.
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They will test if the missing gene leads to disease, offers benefits, or has no impact.
New Words to Learn
11 wordsgenes
tiny instructions inside our bodies that tell parts how to work
knockout
when both copies of a gene are turned off or stop working
loss-of-function
a change that makes a gene stop doing its job
variant
a different version of a gene
disrupted
broken or stopped from working properly
study
a careful investigation to learn new things
disease
an illness that makes the body not work right
beneficial
helpful or good for health
absence
when something is not there
mass scale
involving a very large number of people
Pakistani
relating to the country of Pakistan
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