Red hot: Gene that allows eating massive amounts of chili peppers found in Israel
The ability to eat huge amounts of red chili peppers is due to a defective gene discovered by Jerusalem researchers in a Palestinian boy and his cousin.
Chili peppers at a market in India(photo credit: SIVAHARI/CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)/VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICHUpdated:
