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They decoded Beethoven’s DNA. Here’s what they found

March 23, 2023
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By Jacob Stockinger

After 200 years, the DNA of Ludwig van Beethoven (below, 1770-1827) has been analyzed by a team of researchers.

The DNA was obtained from some of the famous composer’s hair.

The new study analyzed the German composer’s genes to get a better understanding of the health problems — deafness and liver failure among them — that plagued him.

Read about it — via Apple News, just click on continue — in a story from the Canadian-American VICE magazine: https://apple.news/AgGnJPZZcRyuC3nH2ycFL3A


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