The gene by siddhartha mukherjee6/19/2023 There's a substantial degree of reorganization in the way we fundamentally think about cancer that's going on right now, some of it related or a large part of it related through genetics. On how genetics is changing how we think about and treat cancer But these lie in sort of a different area, where the interaction between you and the pathogen, or you and the environment is much, much more acute. We now know that if you have certain genetic combinations or if you inherit certain genes, your susceptibility to HIV, for instance, might change, or your susceptibility to influenza might change, even though these are infectious pathogens. Then, on the far end of the spectrum there are things that one might imagine, things like infectious disease where. In fact, we know some of these genes, but it's an interaction between multiple genes and the environment. Here there's still a powerful influence of genes. In the middle somewhere are diseases like diabetes or heart disease. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Gene Subtitle An Intimate History Author Siddhartha Mukherjee
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