Dunque, non mi pare che bollendo le proteine queste da levogire diventino destrogire. (anche perché se fosse così non le assimileresti).
Poi un dubbio teorico. Certamente ci sono persone che non sviluppano mai la calvizie. Ce ne sono altre che la sviluppano senza revoche non appena si innalzano gli androgeni durante la pubertà (alopecia ippocratica prima dei 22 anni).
E poi una grande variabilità. per queste persone bisognerebbe parlare di alopecia andro-epigenetica piuttosto che andro-genetica?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics
L'epigenetica è the study of the mechanisms of temporal and spatial control of gene activity during the development of complex organisms. (Hollyday, R. 1990)
The Human Genome Project: It's a Starting Point in Gene Therapy
Hopes for deeper understanding of gene-caused and gene-associated conditions were lifted by the breaking of the human genetic code in the Human Genome Project. The Human Genome Project was a phenomenal success. But, even as the Human Genome Project was underway, investigators began to recognize that an extra set of instructions-aside from the so-called genetic code-can influence gene activity without altering the DNA sequence in genes. This extra set of instruction has been given the name epigenetics or epigenetic code. It is much more subject to environmental influences than the DNA code; it is often by means of the epigenetic code that factors such as diet, smoking, toxins, etc., influence susceptibility to disease. Investigators understand how the epigenetic code influences gene activity without altering DNA sequence; the very broad influence of the epigenetic code in human disease is gradually being better understood.
The Human Genome Project is also being followed up by another essential investigation of the human genome-the International Haplotype Map Project, usually shortened to The HapMap Project. The Human Genome Project laid out an atlas of the human genome-how many genes we carry and where they are located on the human genome. But, knowing the location of genes on the genome is only an initial step in linking the human genome to human disease. The genome is not static. Gene expression is influenced by constant changes taking place along the genome-for example, by copy number variation, insertion/deletion of genetic instructions, structural alteration, and by changes in DNA known as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).
SNPs may influence gene function, but the influence of many identified SNPs has yet to be understood. Because SNPs are inherited along with the genes on which they occur, a map of these inherited genetic variations will be enormously helpful in identifying their largely uncharacterized role in human disease. The HapMap Project was created to put together such a map.
What is a haplotype? Individuals who carry a SNP on a gene at one chromosomal location often carry predictable specific SNP genes at other nearby sites. (Chromosomes are the thread-like structures in the cell that carry DNA). When a new SNP arises, the change is identified with a chromosome site at which it occurred. A particular combination of SNP genes along a chromosome is called a haplotype.
The HapMap, when completed, will help guide better understanding of the role of genetic variations in human disease.
http://www.ishrs.org/articles/gene-driven-hair-loss.htm