Genes May Not Make You Smart, They May Make You Dumb

Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 10:28 in Biology & Nature

We accept that genetics make some people smarter though few consider instead that genes may be making us dumber, but deleting the RGS14 gene in mice did make them smarter - by unlocking a mysterious region of the brain considered to be relatively inflexible, scientists at Emory University School of Medicine have found. Bring on the psychic fans! read more

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