Genetic Mutation Quotes

“Only cells that had been transformed by a virus or a genetic mutation had the potential to become immortal.”
― Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

“If a relative has suffered Ovarian or Breast Cancer, get the genetic screening. It saves lives.”
― Lisa Jey Davis, Getting Over Your Ovaries: How to Make 'The Change of Life' Your Bitch

“The human has genetic adaptation to natural electromagnetic radiation. Increasing, reducing or removing the natural radiation exposures results in a sickened human that may progress onto a diseased state.”
― Steven Magee

“...to remind myself that a person can die while they're still alive, simply by not choosing to live." It's taken me a long time to understand what she'd meant by that. Worry can be pernicious. Left unchecked, it slowly bleeds the soul of joy and replaces it with fear.”
― Ami McKay, Daughter of Family G: A Memoir of Cancer Genes, Love and Fate

“The more I came to understand Williams syndrome and to meet a wide range of people who had it, the more I saw that the social impulses that partly defined the disorder weren't so clearly a gift. Their unique combination of gregariousness and guilelessness exposed a paradox in Western culture: we say we like extroverts, but when an extreme extrovert comes barrelling toward us with open arms, we shy away. It's not just warmth or openness that we value; these traits must be coupled with a more sophisticated sense of when to turn them on and off. People with Williams syndrome never turn them off. They have the social drive but not the cognitive ability to use it effectively.”
― Jennifer Latson

“Evolution forged the entirety of life using only one tool: the mistake...”
― Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift