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03 Mar 2026

Studying Acute Mountain Sickness on the Trail and in the Lab

Oxygen is critical to life. When levels of oxygen change, it can have immediate and lasting impacts on a person’s health. Tatum Simonson, PhD, associate professor of medicine and John B. West Endowed Chair in respiratory physiology in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine & Physiology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, has studied the effects of altitude on people across the globe. Her research hopes to uncover the genetic and epigenetic factors that protect against—or contribute to—low-oxygen health…

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12 Feb 2024

Harnessing human evolution to advance precision medicine

Mutations in same gene allow two different groups of humans to thrive at extreme altitudes

09 Feb 2024

Gene mutation helps Andean highlanders thrive at altitude, and 'living fossil' fish live deep underwater

09 Feb 2024
03 Apr 2024

Quechuas y tibetanos pueden vivir en altura gracias a mutaciones genéticas

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  • The Science Behind The Super Abilities Of Sherpas

    Sherpas are extraordinary human beings. In the high peaks of the Himalayas, members of the Nepalese ethnic group are famous for their speed…

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  • Two Mountaineers Are Trying to Recreate NASA's Twin Study—On Mount Everest

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  • How Tibetans survive life on the ‘roof of the world’

    How the indigenous Tibetan population evolved to live with so little oxygen has been a mystery. Now we are beginning to understand that another species…

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