article_snippet: Identification of a large set of rare complete human knockouts' The scale and detail of the data was used to identify more than a thousand knocked out genes in the population.
article_snippet: the study found nearly eight per cent of the 104,000 people studied having at least one gene that don't work. '
article_snippet: A separate study reveals that 8,000 Icelanders – around 7.7 per cent of the population - have a least one gene of Icelanders 21,000 genes that doesn't function at all.
article_snippet: The most common genes that were muted were those associated with a person's sense of smell, and overall, the researchers found 1,171 different genes that had been silenced.
article_snippet: the researchers now intend to recall those Icelanders with knock-out genes as part of a new study to try to identify any physical differences or diseases that have caused the silenced genes.
article_snippet: A separate study reveals that 8,000 Icelanders – around 7.7 per cent of the population - have a least one gene of Icelanders 21,000 genes that doesn't function at all.  
article_snippet: Overall, the researchers found 1,171 different genes that had been silenced .
highlights_snippet: Eight per cent of the population has a gene that doesn't function at all .
  