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Do you have a list of all the genes and all the things that they impact, even slightly, alone and in combinations? That list in itself would seem to be extraordinarily valuable, perhaps even Nobel Prize winning.

We don't know what unrelated items or generally applicable patterns we might find when we go looking into basic research.



As a concrete example, it’s completely plausible that understanding the genetic basis of cognitive ability could inform treatment of dementia.




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