Re:Do Viruses Trigger Alzheimer's?
by D-Coder on Sunday March 23, 2025 @08:42PM
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"Everything in biology is more complicated than it looks."
DNA is where we get our physical attributes (modulo environment).
No, a lot of DNA is "junk," i.e. we don't yet understand what it does.
No, a lot of functional DNA is turned on or off by the epigenome.
No, a lot of our metabolism is affected by our biome — thousand of species of bacteria that turn up or down various reactions, or produce other chemicals that we need...
DNA is where we get our physical attributes (modulo environment).
No, a lot of DNA is "junk," i.e. we don't yet understand what it does.
No, a lot of functional DNA is turned on or off by the epigenome.
No, a lot of our metabolism is affected by our biome — thousand of species of bacteria that turn up or down various reactions, or produce other chemicals that we need...