aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 in Podcasts

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A specific gene responsible for breaking down aldehydes, with a mutation leading to impaired function.

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Drinking Turns Some Red With Asian Glow—And May Fight Tuberculosis

It dehydrogenates aldehydes, which effectively means it is in its functional form breaking down these toxic aldehydes.

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Drinking Turns Some Red With Asian Glow—And May Fight Tuberculosis

And scientists have actually nailed it down to a single change in a single gene, aldehyde dehydrogenase 2.