CURE Quote
The problem with translating our knowledge into medicine, Schadt and
his colleagues argue, is that our effort has just been too simplistic: we’ve
naively focused on finding a causative gene or protein and then a drug to fix it. Perhaps this approach is an inevitable consequence of our brain having evolved to think in terms of one thing leading to the next, or perhaps it’s because ‘one disease, one gene, one cure’ is a straightforward plan readily sold to investors.— Daniel M. Davis, The Compatibility Gene: How Our Bodies Fight Disease, Attract Others, and Define Our Selves, 2014-
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In Sickness and Health: Form follows Function?
“Form follows function” is a quote by the architect Louis Sullivan who said that buildings and other objects, which we might perceive as not beautiful, should have a shape that primarily relates to their intended function or purpose. The phrase is … Continue reading