KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Quotes for topic: Diseases


Share this page on

Showing 71-80 of 90 quotes in the topic Diseases

Medicine has been successful by treating diseases in a very specific way once the damage is done. But telomere length integrates a lot of factors together and gives you an overall picture of risk for what is now emerging as a lot of diseases that tend to occur together, such as diabetes and heart disease.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Been Damage Diabetes Disease Diseases Done Emerging Factors Gives Heart Heart Disease Length Lot Medicine Now Occur Once Overall Picture Risk Specific Successful Tend Together Treating Very Way You

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


One characteristic aspect of ageing is the increased susceptibility to disease, particularly age-related diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

~Elizabeth Blackburn

Topics: Ageing Aspect Cancer Cardiovascular Characteristic Disease Diseases Increased Particularly

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


With some diseases, like type 2 diabetes, if people get alerted early, they can take steps to avert getting sick.

~Elizabeth Holmes

Topics: Diabetes Diseases Early Get Getting Like People Sick Some Steps Take Type

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


When I thought about having the greatest impact with my life, I thought about all the times people lose loved ones because diseases weren't detected early enough. I thought, 'I can play a role there.'

~Elizabeth Holmes

Topics: About Because Diseases Early Enough Greatest Having Impact Life Lose Loved Loved Ones My Life People Play Role Thought Times Times People Were I Can

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


With DNA, you have to be able to tell which genes are turned on or off. Current DNA sequencing cannot do that. The next generation of DNA sequencing needs to be able to do this. If somebody invents this, then we can start to very precisely identify cures for diseases.

~Elon Musk

Topics: Able Cannot Cures Current Diseases Generation Genes Identify Needs Next Next Generation Off Precisely Somebody Start Tell Then Turned Very Which You Dna

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


In the 19th century, smallpox was widely considered a disease of filth, which meant that it was largely understood to be a disease of the poor. According to filth theory, any number of contagious diseases were caused by bad air that had been made foul by excrement or rot.

~Eula Biss

Topics: According Air Any Bad Been Caused Century Considered Contagious Disease Diseases Filth Foul Had Largely Made Meant Number Poor Rot Smallpox Theory Understood Were Which Widely 19Th Century

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I think that protecting children at the age where they're most vulnerable against diseases that are highly contagious is prudent.

~Eula Biss

Topics: Against Age Children Contagious Diseases Highly Most Protecting Prudent Think Vulnerable Where I Think

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


In some areas, immunity has been eroded so much that the child who's not vaccinated is now actually more vulnerable to the complications of infectious diseases.

~Eula Biss

Topics: Actually Area Been Child Complications Diseases Eroded Immunity Infectious More Much Now Some Vulnerable

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.

~Euripides

Topics: Diseases Human Worst

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It is becoming clear that many diseases - especially cancer - are highly complex and may respond better to a multi-drug approach which targets many different aspects of a disease process.

~Eva Vertes

Topics: Approach Aspects Becoming Better Cancer Clear Complex Different Disease Diseases Highly Many May Process Respond Targets Which

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Popular Authors

Ludwig Van Beethoven Drake Euripides Katharine Hepburn Christopher Hitchens Christopher Mccandless Joan Rivers Carl Sagan

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1958 - Neil Degrasse Tyson

1600 - Thomas Goodwin

1703 - Jonathan Edwards

1713 - Denis Diderot

1824 - Henry Chadwick

1830 - Chester A. Arthur

1879 - John Erskine

1882 - Robert H. Goddard

1887 - Rene Cassin

1902 - Ray Kroc

Birthdays on October 5th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Age Beauty Diet Father's Day History Inspirational Morning Society