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GRANNY JUNE
Office Temp and #1 Volunteer for Christ
GRANNY JUNE
Office Temp and #1 Volunteer for Christ
Recent article on geneticleness in Twins proves ONCE and FOR ALL the interceptions of God™
Namelys, if twins are of the genetical identicalness, Why does one (Dear Abby) die of the alzheimers, and the other (Dear Ann Landers) go from somethin else?
Of course It is God who is in the details. One obviously found God™ and so was allowed to live longer (with cancer). The UnSaved One with the mark of the beast gets picked off first
makes sense
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Same Genes, Different Fates
Few identical twins suffer identical maladies, leading science to probe the significance of epigenetic changes that make paths diverge.
EPPIE LEDERER AND PAULINE PHILLIPS were one of the most famous pairs of identical twins in the United States during the 20th century. Born 17 minutes apart, both women became wildly popular syndicated columnists—as Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren, respectively—and dispensed tart-tongued advice about love and other matters. Photos from their younger days reveal that the two women were uncanny look-alikes, both graced with fashion-model cheekbones and vibrant eyes.
Over the years, ever-changing hairstyles made it easier to tell them apart. But it was their dramatically diverging health, finally, that truly distinguished one from the other. Eppie died of multiple myeloma at age 83, while Pauline lived to be 94 before succumbing to Alzheimer’s disease this year. That may seem surprising—after all, as identical twins they have perfectly matched DNA. But it turns out that twins have rates of “disease discordance”—that is, if one has a medical condition, the other twin typically won’t get it—that are well over 50% for most conditions.
Few identical twins suffer identical maladies, leading science to probe the significance of epigenetic changes that make paths diverge.
EPPIE LEDERER AND PAULINE PHILLIPS were one of the most famous pairs of identical twins in the United States during the 20th century. Born 17 minutes apart, both women became wildly popular syndicated columnists—as Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren, respectively—and dispensed tart-tongued advice about love and other matters. Photos from their younger days reveal that the two women were uncanny look-alikes, both graced with fashion-model cheekbones and vibrant eyes.
Over the years, ever-changing hairstyles made it easier to tell them apart. But it was their dramatically diverging health, finally, that truly distinguished one from the other. Eppie died of multiple myeloma at age 83, while Pauline lived to be 94 before succumbing to Alzheimer’s disease this year. That may seem surprising—after all, as identical twins they have perfectly matched DNA. But it turns out that twins have rates of “disease discordance”—that is, if one has a medical condition, the other twin typically won’t get it—that are well over 50% for most conditions.
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