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Originally Posted by Ebolapox
I'm a geneticist. I tell students on one of the first relevant lessons that we have 20-25000 different genes. I don't even get to isoforms (same protein, different structure b/c of exon splicing differences). there are over 250 different genes that cause old-age blindness (retinitis pignemtosa: overly simplified, most are old age... some young age). over 1500 that control neurological function (likely more than that with snRNAs and other small RNA species that we barely or don't understand now--all are likely dealing with protein control of some sort, or maybe epigentic stuff that's nuts).
we're incredibly complex and have hundreds of thousands of moving parts (I didn't even get to how our environment comes into play, except kinds: epigenetics). it's not a shocker that something unprecedented like this has many facets and is the ultimate moving target.
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And here I thought it was just that the medical professionals are all dumbasses who either don't know shit, or are lying (/sarcasm)