A recent study found that the practice of deep relaxation creates specific changes in how genes express themselves. What does that mean? A brief review of cell biology: inside a cell, cellular machinery is constantly building proteins and other useful molecules according to the instructions (genes) written in the cell's DNA. These molecules determine what a cell does. Though every cell has the same DNA, an individual cell only reads (expresses) a subset of the whole code at any one time. The genes being expressed can change, and the study found that deep relaxation can create a predictable change in what genes are expressed. It's not yet known what these changes do in the body, but the mere proof that such changes take place is significant.
Relaxed Genes
Relaxed Genes
Relaxed Genes
A recent study found that the practice of deep relaxation creates specific changes in how genes express themselves. What does that mean? A brief review of cell biology: inside a cell, cellular machinery is constantly building proteins and other useful molecules according to the instructions (genes) written in the cell's DNA. These molecules determine what a cell does. Though every cell has the same DNA, an individual cell only reads (expresses) a subset of the whole code at any one time. The genes being expressed can change, and the study found that deep relaxation can create a predictable change in what genes are expressed. It's not yet known what these changes do in the body, but the mere proof that such changes take place is significant.