Scientists have uncovered bizarre brain mutations that may be hiding in every single person walking on the Earth.
Scientists believe that mutations in the brain they previously thought were rare might actually be happening inside each and every one of us. In fact, scientists believe that these brain mutations could actually be factors in how we age.
DNA molecules changing and mutating. In fact, it could be far less unusual than we thought, especially in cells that are cancerous. Now, Mills and a team of researchers have analyzed even more DNA samples from brain tissue taken from more than 1200 people during post-mortem examinations. The samples were inspected to see just how the mitochondrial DNA had changed and whether or not it had been added to the nuclear genome.
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