what is the most interesting thing you have discovered so far in your years of research and studying?

Question: what is the most interesting thing you have discovered so far in your years of research and studying?
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Asked by Yasmine to Sara, Richard, Carolyn, Peter, Siana on 12 Nov 2015. This question was also asked by Prickle_Pants, Queen_of_Frome, blockhead, Ktrose384.
- Sara Falcone answered on 12 Nov 2015:
  
  I found a gene that wasn’t never connect to kidney disease before but that looks to be associated with one. I discovered this on mice and I am about to confirm it happens in humans too
- Richard Unwin answered on 12 Nov 2015:
  
  The most interesting find is always either the most recent, or the most unexpected. We’ve been studying Huntington’s disease, a form of dementia which is associated with a certain part of the brain. We have found changes in this disease which not only occur in the region known to be affected, but also in regions which were thought not to be involved. We see the same change in Alzheimer’s disease as well, and it could be a new mechanism for how both diseases develop.

Question: what is the most interesting thing you have discovered so far in your years of research and studying?