Your immune system reacts when you get a flu shot - or a flu infection. How well your immune system protects you over time may be influenced more by the environment than by your genes, new data show.
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Richie
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This was a very good article. I completely agree with the information they stated. As they said, the two twins who at birth shared either all the same genes or half the same, went on to live different lives. Lets say one of those twins goes to live in Calgary, Alberta according to http://www.listofwonders.com/top-10-cleanest-cities-in-the-world as the cleanest city in the world, and the other goes to live in Kawbe, Zambia according to Popular Science as the most polluted city in the world, their immune systems will work differently. If the twin who lives in Calgary gets a disease, the environment will have almost no effect on how their immune system handles the disease or virus. The other twin living in Kawbe will find that the environment has a particularly large factor in how their body handles the disease or virus. However, this doesn't have to be the case, perhaps the one living in Kawbe has a very strong immune system and is able to fend off any bug that has attacked his/her body. The other twin in Calgary might have a weak immune system and get sick anyway. In conclusion, I do agree with what they are saying, but, I think they have made it seem like the environment has a much larger deal on diseases or virus's than it actually has in reality.
I would have expected that a pair of identical twins would have the exact same immune response. It's surprising to me that the study found that environment sometimes played a more significant part in an immune response than genetics did. Knowing that environment is so important to the immune response, scientists might be able to figure out what environmental changes are better or worse for the immune system.
It's weird to think that if identical twins went different places they would do different things. Genetics, to me, seemed like the things that determined what would happen to them if they went to two different places. Richie is completely correct here, if one went to the cleanest place and one went to the dirtiest, it would have a different effect on their immune systems if they got sick. And also, like Richie said, maybe the one in Calgary DOES have a weak immune system and the one in Kawbe has an extremely STRONG one, the environment won't play a big role in how they recover, however, there are a lot of things that could happen. They did exaggerate the importance of the environment a bit though, I think; it has more to do with health and the strength of your immune system, than the environment, I think, then they made it seem. It was a pretty cool article though and maybe, hopefully, there will be plenty more discoveries about the further development of this article and its extremely fascinating topic.
I am suprised that so little of the immunity could be traced to the enviornment. I'd Think more would. I am also very suprised that it effects half of adults, although it has litte to no effect. As a last thought, Stephen kingsmore should learn what a real word is.
It is very interesting how DNA plays only a partial role in the child's immunity. The environment has a great effect, and I think this is true especially in younger children. This is because as their immune system develops, and they are exposed to different natural objects, their immune systems can probably grow to protect against those. Such as an example of young children with dogs can have their immune system protect better against dogs or the allergens of dogs. But imagine if there were no other effects that changed the immune system such as the environment, and all that mattered was DNA: If your parent had a genetically faulty immune system, you would end up with the same immune system problems. It is good that environmental factors make a difference in our immune system, and I think we should take advantage of it, to strengthen people's immune systems.
It is odd to think that identical twins ____________. I found it fascinating that the immune system is traced back to the environment. This was interesting, and I hope scientists find more info on what causes these disease.
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This was a very good article. I completely agree with the information they stated. As they said, the two twins who at birth shared either all the same genes or half the same, went on to live different lives. Lets say one of those twins goes to live in Calgary, Alberta according to http://www.listofwonders.com/top-10-cleanest-cities-in-the-world as the cleanest city in the world, and the other goes to live in Kawbe, Zambia according to Popular Science as the most polluted city in the world, their immune systems will work differently. If the twin who lives in Calgary gets a disease, the environment will have almost no effect on how their immune system handles the disease or virus. The other twin living in Kawbe will find that the environment has a particularly large factor in how their body handles the disease or virus. However, this doesn't have to be the case, perhaps the one living in Kawbe has a very strong immune system and is able to fend off any bug that has attacked his/her body. The other twin in Calgary might have a weak immune system and get sick anyway. In conclusion, I do agree with what they are saying, but, I think they have made it seem like the environment has a much larger deal on diseases or virus's than it actually has in reality.
I would have expected that a pair of identical twins would have the exact same immune response. It's surprising to me that the study found that environment sometimes played a more significant part in an immune response than genetics did. Knowing that environment is so important to the immune response, scientists might be able to figure out what environmental changes are better or worse for the immune system.
It's weird to think that if identical twins went different places they would do different things. Genetics, to me, seemed like the things that determined what would happen to them if they went to two different places. Richie is completely correct here, if one went to the cleanest place and one went to the dirtiest, it would have a different effect on their immune systems if they got sick. And also, like Richie said, maybe the one in Calgary DOES have a weak immune system and the one in Kawbe has an extremely STRONG one, the environment won't play a big role in how they recover, however, there are a lot of things that could happen. They did exaggerate the importance of the environment a bit though, I think; it has more to do with health and the strength of your immune system, than the environment, I think, then they made it seem. It was a pretty cool article though and maybe, hopefully, there will be plenty more discoveries about the further development of this article and its extremely fascinating topic.
I am suprised that so little of the immunity could be traced to the enviornment. I'd Think more would. I am also very suprised that it effects half of adults, although it has litte to no effect. As a last thought, Stephen kingsmore should learn what a real word is.
It is very interesting how DNA plays only a partial role in the child's immunity. The environment has a great effect, and I think this is true especially in younger children. This is because as their immune system develops, and they are exposed to different natural objects, their immune systems can probably grow to protect against those. Such as an example of young children with dogs can have their immune system protect better against dogs or the allergens of dogs. But imagine if there were no other effects that changed the immune system such as the environment, and all that mattered was DNA: If your parent had a genetically faulty immune system, you would end up with the same immune system problems. It is good that environmental factors make a difference in our immune system, and I think we should take advantage of it, to strengthen people's immune systems.
It is odd to think that identical twins ____________. I found it fascinating that the immune system is traced back to the environment. This was interesting, and I hope scientists find more info on what causes these disease.
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