The science of epigentics has become a hot topic in recent years. Like the article says, external influences play a big factor in gene expression. A gene’s job is to make proteins. It can produce too much (over expressed) or too little (under expressed). Since a lot of these proteins are signaling molecules a change in the signaling can cause critical processes to go haywire. For example cells receive a signal when it’s time to die, to divide, etc, but if the signaling is messed up these cells will receive wrong signals and stop dying or start dividing uncontrollably, etc. A mutation in a critical gene can trigger it. Previously it was thought that mutations were all that mattered. Once a gene had a harmful mutation, cancerous or precancerous, nothing could be done about it other than killing the cell (with drugs..etc), but now as the article says research is showing you can control the ‘activity’ of those mutated genes through external lifestyle factors. These are factors outside of the gene controlling their behavior, thus “epi”genetic.
i have auto antibody that affects protein synthesis.
a lot of people end up with disease or cancer when they have tRNA antigens
the body is so complex and Drs don’t have a good understanding of all of it.
I will ask a Dr about a particular elevated test. Mostly they don’t have a clue. biochemists developing tests are far ahead of clinicians