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No podemos cambiar nuestros genes, pero sí cómo los interpretan nuestras células.¿Y si nuestras decisiones pudieran escribir y borrar instrucciones dentro de las células?Cada elección que tomamos deja una huella en nuestro cuerpo. Lo que comemos, cuanto dormimos, como nos movemos o nos sentimos puede modificar la manera en la que se expresan nuestros genes.En Reescribirnos, la doctora Maria Berdasco, referente internacional en epigenetica, nos descubre con un lenguaje claro y cercano como la biologia y nuestra vida cotidiana se influyen mutuamente.Un libro que nos invita a cuidar nuestra salud y a descubrir como podemos envejecer mejor.

The human body possesses a miraculous ability to heal itself. When skin is cut, it forms a scar; when a bone breaks, it fuses back together. But in extremely rare cases, this biological defense mechanism glitches, turning the bodys greatest asset into its ultimate destroyer.Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), often called "Stone Man Syndrome," is a devastating genetic mutation. When a patient with FOP suffers even a minor tissue injurylike a bruise or a vaccinationthe bodys repair system overreacts catastrophically. Instead of creating scar tissue, it generates solid bone, slowly locking the muscles, tendons, and joints into an unyielding, second skeleton.This book delves into the complex genetic mechanics behind this unstoppable cellular error. It explores how a single mutated gene tricks the immune system into permanent ossification, baffling modern medicine.Understand the fragile boundaries of human biology and witness the terrifying reality of a disease that slowly turns living, breathing tissue into a permanent statue.

It is one of the most horrifying and heartbreaking conditions in modern genetics. Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome is an ultra-rare metabolic disorder caused by the deficiency of a single enzyme (HPRT1). While this defect leads to a massive overproduction of uric acid and severe kidney issues, its most terrifying symptom is neurological.Patients, almost exclusively male children, are driven by an uncontrollable, involuntary compulsion to aggressively bite and consume their own lips, fingers, and inner cheeks. This is not a psychological self-harm mechanism; they feel the pain intensely and are fully conscious, often begging caregivers to restrain them to prevent their own bodies from attacking themselves.This textbook explores the brutal intersection of metabolic chemistry and behavioral neurology. We dissect the specific basal ganglia dysfunctions that override a patients free will, forcing motor commands that the conscious mind desperately tries to resist.Face the darkest anomalies of the human genome. Discover how the absence of a single microscopic enzyme completely destroys the brains control over its own preservation.