Comments on: Persona http://www.tropesofthetimes.com/2007/08/08/persona/?&owa_from=feed&owa_sid= a blog on the era and its "paper of record" Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:06:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Michael Gilbert http://www.tropesofthetimes.com/2007/08/08/persona/#comment-1658 Michael Gilbert Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:29:51 +0000 http://www.tropesofthetimes.com/2007/08/08/persona/#comment-1658 The more we learn about the interactions of genetics and our environments, the more we realize that even if we restrict our study to purely physical expression (whatever they are), we're affected by a lot more than just nutrition. Even things that seem to be genetic expressions are themselves the result of complex environmental interactions. Frankly, I see this complexity as part of what makes being alive so beautiful and mysterious. The NRDC recently published an excellent piece on this topic entitled <a href="http://www.nrdc.org/onearth/07sum/genes1.asp" rel="nofollow">Looking Deep, Deep Into Your Genes</a>. In particular, the paper explores the field of toxicogenomics, which is revealing just how profoundly the environment controls gene expression. The more we learn about the interactions of genetics and our environments, the more we realize that even if we restrict our study to purely physical expression (whatever they are), we’re affected by a lot more than just nutrition. Even things that seem to be genetic expressions are themselves the result of complex environmental interactions. Frankly, I see this complexity as part of what makes being alive so beautiful and mysterious.

The NRDC recently published an excellent piece on this topic entitled Looking Deep, Deep Into Your Genes. In particular, the paper explores the field of toxicogenomics, which is revealing just how profoundly the environment controls gene expression.

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