Genetics do not affect the formation of the immune system

The way your immune system does its work seems to be more dependent on the environment and the microbes with which you come in contact, not genes.

In the end, to fight the disease, the immune system adapts throughout life, says Stanford University immunologist Mark Davis, who led the study. While in young children, immunity depends on the genes of the parents, at a later age, the role of genetic factors decreases.

“The immune system gets better as you age,” Davis said. Scientists know that there are huge differences in how the immune system of healthy people works. They compared 78 pairs of identical twins and 27 pairs of identical twins who were not genetically similar.

When researchers introduced the flu vaccine, they did not find any indication that genetics influenced the production of antibodies. Does this mean that we must strengthen the immune system and not try to avoid infections by all means?

“I believe in the power of dirt,” Davis laughs. “I just want to say that the environment plays a huge role in shaping our immune system,” writes AmericaRu.com