Gene Mutation : No Pain

Have you ever watch X-Men? The interesting thing aside from the action scenes was the super power those people had. It is not impossible to have those super power, if you experienced a gene mutation. What is gene mutation you ask? Before I answer your question I will tell you about what is a gene.

Genes are a segment of DNA inside our chromosome and they are lined in pairs and sequences. Gene mutation is when one of the sequence has a change which makes a difference with the normal gene. This is why some people has super human powers like flexibility or even felt no pain.

In the other continent of the world, There is a girl named Ashlyn Blocker. She came from Patterson, GA, United State of America. Her mother was cooking noodle and she was helping her to stir those noodle in a hot water boiling pot. Her spoon fell and without thinking she just put her hands in and take the spoon. Her skin was boiling because it turns white, but she doesn't feel the pain of being burned.

This is known as CIPA or Cogenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis. It is a gene mutation connected to the neuro in our body. Now what is the connect to the Gene mutation? in our body there is the gene called NTRK1 which has the function to connect the receptor to a certain protein, very essential to the survival of one neuron. Now when a gene mutation happens, NTRK1 cannot give the proper signaling to make sure that the neuron would connect to the protein it needs. If this happens the neutron would self-destruct which makes the person with CIPA cannot feel any