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 GEO Health

 Laziness is hereditary

 Updated at: 1617 PST,  Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Laziness is hereditary LONDON: The citizens staying back in the city have started to buttress the temporarily raised protective embankment to save the city.

From the recent studies it is proved the activity level of a person is based on genes from the forefathers.

Scientists also claims that desire to keep fit and do regular exercise is hereditary and is passed down through generation.

Now people who are lazy can be treated in future with the manipulation in genes. On the experiment on a mice, it found that doing selecting breading on a specific generation- found mice bred to enjoy running produced offspring also liked it, indicating the baby mice had inherited the trait of high activity.

Scientists claimed the their finding have implications on human health also. As in human activity level ranges from inactivity to highly active athletic Endeavour.

Now people with low activity can be treated through drugs and genes manipulations.
 
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