Well if thats not a bold title I don’t know what is! While there isn’t much to this article I thought I would highlight what a Biologist from the University of Buffalo found in his study.
Findings: (TL:DR – researchers are trying to understand the main cause of skin breakage in eczema….)
- Eczema has no human benefits when it come to the genes that cause it
- Itchy skin is a random vestige of evolution
- “We present a complex evolutionary history of this disease variant, and it seems to be just bad luck that it has endured for so long,” says Gokcumen <—– (translation… eczema sufferers are SOL)
- This data included the genomes of 2500 people around the world
- The important gene was the filaggrin gene
- The filaggrin gene informs our bodies to make protein of the same name in skin cells
- For some – inherited genetic mutations caused filaggrin to stop – may have cause a risk for developing eczema
- Key words – LOSS OF FUNCTION
- East Asians are more likely to suffer from filaggrin
- Honerin mutation is important because it can affect the healthy skin function
For more information – http://www.futurity.org/evolution-history-eczema-1264782-2/