A single gene controls earwax and body odor, shaping one’s unique scent through microbes. In 2006, scientists identified the culprit: the ATP binding cassette subfamily C member 11 ( ABCC11) gene. 1 A ...

Some people are more likely to have a foul odor after a hard workout or a long day than others due to variations in the ABCC11 gene ... glands and bacteria on the skin break them down into ...

Specifically, the researchers expressed the ABCC11 ... cultured human embryonic kidney cells and showed exactly how the ABCC11 gene produces the wet-type earwax and excessive armpit odor.