Check this research news out, man…

Genetics researchers have uncovered the key gene behind the mystery of human earwax.

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.

The earwax riddle surprisingly comes down to a single gene, dubbed ABCC11.

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