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How much did we pay for this?
December 14, 2016 at 9:55 am
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Is this useless wasted science or not?
Sniffing out significant “Pee values”: genome wide association study of asparagus anosmia
http://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i6071
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RE: How much did we pay for this?
December 14, 2016 at 9:59 am
Well.."we" probably didn't pay anything, seeing as it seems to be a Harvard team of investigators.
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RE: How much did we pay for this?
December 14, 2016 at 10:04 am
Quote:Conclusion: A large proportion of people have asparagus anosmia. Genetic variation near multiple olfactory receptor genes is associated with the ability of an individual to smell the metabolites of asparagus in urine. Future replication studies are necessary before considering targeted therapies to help anosmic people discover what they are missing.
I lol'ed.
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RE: How much did we pay for this?
December 14, 2016 at 10:28 am
Post-graduate students gotta do something, I suppose.
