The Effects of Asian Herbs on our Genes

Dr. Arif Anwar, Resident Geneticist

29-Mar-13 16:00

Asian herbs and medication are often thought of as less intrusive and dangerous than Western medicine. So what effect could they have on our genes? Many herbal medicines were found to exhibit a variety of effects through regulating a wide range of gene expressions or protein activities.

Dr. Arif Anwar, resident geneticist, maps it out for us.

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Tags: herbal medicine, traditional medicine, genetics, asian medicine

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