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“The study of how substances alter gene expression is part of the field of epigenetics. Some chemical exposures appear to turn on and turn off genes in ways that disregulate cell growth and predispose for cancer. From this perspective, our genes are less the command-and-control masters of our cells and more like the keys of piano, with the environment as the hands of the pianist.”

Source: Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment

“Food is medicine. We can actually change our gene expressions with the foods we eat.”

Expression Medicine Genes

Author:David Perlmutter

“The environment can actually affect gene expression.”

Environment Expression Genes

Author:Michael Marmot

“People say human nature is a very vague expression, people tend to say human nature is corruptible anyway and it comes from a theological point of view, goes back to the Garden of Eden, that there is always this corrupt gene waiting to be activated that we inherited from the very beginning. I don't believe in that theological excuse.”

People Believe Humans Waiting Views Human Nature Expression Garden Don't Believe Excuse Point Of View Genes Vague Eden Theological Garden Of Eden

Author:Wole Soyinka

“No one knows what the nongenetic causes of individuality are. Perhaps people are shaped by modifications of genes that take place after conception, or by haphazard fluctuations in the chemical soup in the womb or the wiring up of the brain or the expression of the genes themselves.”

People Knows Causes Brain Expression Individuality Conception Chemicals Genes Soup Womb Modification Fluctuation Wiring Haphazard

Author:Steven Pinker