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Astronaut’s DNA No Longer Matches His Twin’s After A Year In Space by EdifiedCEO: 4:26pm On Mar 15, 2018
Astronaut Scott Kelly spent a year in space and returned a changed man.

Kelly, who lived on the International Space Station while his identical twin Mark Kelly stayed on Earth, returned after 340 days with 7% of his genes altered, according to NASA.

The shocking transformation means Scott is no longer genetically identical to his twin.

Scott, who shared his own surprise over the latest NASA twin study results, tweeted,

“What? My DNA changed by 7%! Who knew? I just learned about it in this article.”

“This could be good news! I no longer have to call @ShuttleCDRKelly my identical twin brother anymore,” he added.

NY Daily News reports that ,some changes — like the lengthening of Scott’s telomeres, or the endcaps of chromosomes that shorten over time — reversed once he was subject to Earth’s gravity again.


But other changes persisted after six months. Researchers found a deficient amount of tissue oxygenation in Scott’s cells, and signs of stress to mitochondria, which transform nutrients into energy, along with increased inflammation.

Scott, who became the first American astronaut to spend a year in space, returned to Earth in March 2016.


http://newshelm.ng/astronauts-dna-no-longer-matches-his-twins-after-a-year-in-space/


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Re: Astronaut’s DNA No Longer Matches His Twin’s After A Year In Space by chuksjuve(m): 4:27pm On Mar 15, 2018
angry

In that case since buhari has defied all solution including advise and prayers to stop him from being wicked and nepotistic..

Perhaps it's high time we sent him to space for a year to alter his wicked gene to see if he would change for good!

Nwaamaikpe what do you think, since Sarkki will object to this!!

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Re: Astronaut’s DNA No Longer Matches His Twin’s After A Year In Space by KwaraRat: 4:32pm On Mar 15, 2018
Viruses, vaccines can do that to your gene structure.
Re: Astronaut’s DNA No Longer Matches His Twin’s After A Year In Space by NwaAmaikpe: 4:45pm On Mar 15, 2018
shocked


Maybe he was having sex with aliens.

Then the aliens gave him a sexually transmitted disease that altered his DNA.

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Re: Astronaut’s DNA No Longer Matches His Twin’s After A Year In Space by khalhokage(m): 5:08pm On Mar 15, 2018
Wow! cool.

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