My genetic autobiography can be found throughout my body.
From Craig Venter
The gene 'klotho' was named after the Greek Fate purported to spin the thread of life, because it contributes to longevity.
I have a blend of klotho gene variants that have been linked with a lower risk for coronary artery disease and stroke and an advantage in longevity.
It appears that the human genome does indeed contain deserts, or large, gene-poor regions.
When I started my Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego, I was told that it would be difficult to make a new discovery in biology because it was all known. It all seems so absurd now.
We know virtually all of the genes known to mammals. We do not know all of the combinations.
Society and medicine treat us all as members of populations, whereas as individuals we are all unique, and population statistics do not apply.
We need 10,000 genomes, not 100, to start to understand the link between genetics, disease and wellness.
We have 100 genes or so, which we know we can't knock out without killing the cell, that are of unknown structure.
I spent 10 years trying to find one gene.
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