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Video: Thanks to a rare mutation, this man is helping science understand the importance of feeling pain

| | January 19, 2023
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Steven Pete has never felt pain. How a rare genetic mutation has changed his life
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Pain protects us from danger and injuring ourselves. A rare genetic mutation has changed Steven Pete’s life, leaving him pain-but not problem-free.

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