Disease Risk Factors Quotes

We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health.

I have had my genome fully sequenced and have learned a great deal about which medications I would respond to and which might or would induce major side effects, along with knowing many medical conditions for which I'm particularly susceptible.

The involvement of clinicians, researchers, and, most importantly, the thousands of people who have donated DNA samples will help us to correlate genetic variation with individual variation in health and disease and help to deliver on the long-term promise of the Human Genome Project.

For much of my career, I've studied health and how it's intrinsically tied to lifestyle.

We're collecting about 100,000 telomere lengths in saliva samples and then looking at how those relate to both the extensive longitudinal clinical records that Kaiser is collecting and the genome sequence variations.

We need 10,000 genomes, not 100, to start to understand the link between genetics, disease and wellness.

Incorporating genetics into a platform with the reach of ResearchKit will accelerate insights into illness and disease even further.

Observational studies show that exercise, nutritional supplements and reducing psychological stress can help. Chronic high stress and smoking can lead to accelerated telomere shortening.