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Multidisciplinary exploration of ancient atherosclerosis: Paleo-genomic and paleo-nutritional analysis of a 13th century artificial mummy in China.
Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao - 1 May 2026
Wang Bangyan, Wang Rui, Zheng Duo, Zhang Baoshuai, Shao Yu, Xiong Jianxue, Du Panxin, Jiang Zixi, Dargye Lobsang, Allen Edward, Sun Chenshuang, Shen Yiwen, Gong Bowen, Sheng Pengfei, Lin Liugen, Wang Jiucun, Wang Chuan-Chao, Wen Shaoqing
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The 13th-century Changzhou Mummy, from the Lower Yangtze region in China, is the earliest known East Asian case of an artificially mummified body employing mercury and cinnabar enema without evisceration. This study conducts multidisciplinary research, integrating paleo-radiological, paleo-pathological, paleo-genetic, and paleo-nutritional analysis to investigate the phenotype, genotype, individual life history,...
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