How your genes interact with your environment changes your disease risk − new research counts the ways
- Written by Arun Durvasula, Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California
Nature and nurture both determine how likely you are to develop a particular disease.Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesSitting in my doctor’s examination room, I was surprised when she told me, “Genetics don’t really matter for chronic disease.” Rather, she continued, “A person’s lifestyle, what...