Today I learned on Nostr: TIL indigenous Bolivians in the Andes have evolved to be arsenic resistant due the ...

TIL indigenous Bolivians in the Andes have evolved to be arsenic resistant due the strong presence of AS3MT enzyme in their bodies that can metabolize the toxic element which is naturally found in drinking water.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653522012577
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