January 30th, 2006
Korean Earwax
I had no idea that there are different kinds of earwax… quite frankly, I find the notion of “wet” earwax to be kinda yucky… weird. 🙂
Genetics researchers have uncovered the key gene behind the mystery of human earwax.
Finally.
The report in Monday’s Nature Genetics journal solves a long-running anthropologist’s riddle – why many people in China and Korea, as well as elsewhere in Asia, have dry earwax while the rest of humanity enjoys the sticky variety.