Human Cell: Each of the 100 trillion cells in the human body (with the exception of red blood cells) contains the entire human genome—all of the information necessary to build a human being. This information is coded into three billion base pairs, sub-units of DNA (egg and sperm cells have half this amount of DNA.)
The Cell Nucleus: Inside the cell nucleus, six feet of DNA are packaged into 23 pairs of chromosomes. (one chromosome from each parent is in each pair)
As a carrier of information, DNA is 45 trillion times more efficient than the most advanced silicon computer mega chip, which is made by high skilled teams of design engineers
Chromosomes: Chromosomes contain the DNA for hundreds of thousands of individual genes—the units of heredity. Two of these sets are sex chromosomes that determine our genetic sex; the other 44 are the 22 pairs of autosome traits.
Genes are expressed in two steps. The first step is transcription, in which many different RNA molecules are synthesized from genes in DNA.
Transcription is the process by which genetic information contained in the sequences of bases (genes) in DNA is transferred into a complementary sequence of bases in RNA.
The information is further deciphered into the next step of gene expression, translation, which converts the genetic information carried in the sequence if bases in RNA into a sequence of amino acids that determine a particular proteins structure and activity in the cell.
Genetic Mutation; A gene mutation is a permanent change in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene.
Mutations range in size from a singleDNAbuilding block ( DNA base ) to a large segment of a chromosome. Gene mutations occur in two ways: they can be inherited from a parent or acquired during a person’s lifetime. Mutations that are passed from parent to child are called hereditary mutations or germ line mutations (because they are present in the egg and sperm cells, which are also calledgermcells). This type of mutation is present throughout a person’s life in virtually every cell in the body.
Mutations that occur only in an egg or sperm cell, or those that occur just after fertilization, are called new (denovo) mutations. De novo mutations may explain genetic disorders in which an affected child has a mutation in every cell, but has no family history of the disorder.
Just as genetics plays a role in the development of many health conditions, so do the conditions and circumstances of our lives and the decisions we make. Heredity may influence a person’s health but so does the habits and decisions that are made well. For example, some people may have genes that put that at risk for cancer. However, their chance of actually getting cancer will be less if they do not smoke. Some individuals have genes that put them at risk for diabetes, but they may never get diabetes if they engage in a healthy lifestyle
“Symptoms represent the body’s best efforts to heal itself, therefore by treating symptoms you are suppressing the body’s natural response and inhibiting the healing process. Rather than treating symptoms, doctors should concentrate on stimulating the body’s defenses to allow for completion of the healing process.”
Dt. Stephen Cummings
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM & HEALING
The human body is a masterpiece of natural engineering. It can perform an amazing number of feats—from sprinting down a football field to catch a pass to converting air molecule vibrations into the sensation for sound. It metabolizes food into the exact combination of nutrients that the body requires for energy and transports vital materials around a complex interior network. It also defends and repairs itself when it is either attacked by harmful germs or when it is injured. At the controls is the most sophisticated super computer in the world—the central nervous system.
“To understand health is to understand the central role of the brain and nervous system in maintaining the resistance of the body. Health maintenance is the primary function of the brain, not educational thoughts, language, poetry and other functions usually associated with the brain.”
Robert Ornstein, Ph.D & David Sobel, M.D.The Healing Brain
“The quality of healing is directly proportional to the functional capability of the central nervous system to send and receive nerve messages.”
Janson Edwards, M.D. Ph.D“
An intact nervous system will lead to optimum function of the human body.”
Dorland’s Medical Text
Every doctor, scientist and researcher in the world will agree that the foundation of health begins with a properly functioningnervous system. The central nervous system is the master control system in the human body and every single function reflects its activity.
Nerve impulses travel from the brain, down the spinal cord, and out through nerves to all parts of the body. Nerve impulses then return to the brain through return pathways.
There are approximately 100 billion neurons, or nerve cells, in the brain and in a single human brain; the number of possible connections between those cells is greater than the total number of electrons in the universe.
Hormones, which get their name from the Greek word meaning to “urge on”, are the body’s internal chemical Messengers. They carry the information that controls the function of much of the body’s tissues and cells. Researchers have discovered how the main endocrine (hormone producing) glands function. Some, but not all, are controlled by the pituitary gland, which is controlled In turn by the hypothalamus—both of which are located
In the brain
“The nervous system does much more than transmit sensory information to the brain or control motor functions. It actually controls the peripheral organs, including its biomolecular environment. The Central Nervous System is involved in all disease conditions as the CNS not only processes incoming physical and chemical information from the body, it actually controls organs and cells to maintain health and homeostasis.”
MEDICAL HYPOTHESIS
The central nervous system-endocrine-gene connection is the key to understanding and realizing our human genetic potential
The central nervous system is so vital to overall health and optimal genetic expression that it is encased in a Protective bony structure. The brain, which is protected by the skull, extends directly into the spinal cord, which is protected by the bones of the spine called the vertebra,
A total of 24 vertebral bones form the spinal column, which is move able to allow for mobility and shock protection.
When the spine is in its proper structural position, the nerves are protected and optimal communication exists between the central nervous system and the rest of the body. This is when the body is best able to express its optimal genetic potential.
“For all living cells, regulation of gene expression by extracellular neurological systems is a fundamental mechanism of development, homeostasis, and adaptation. The neurological mechanisms that underlie the control of gene expression are becoming increasingly well understood. Every conceivable step in the genetic sequencing process is subject to dynamic regulation by the central nervous system.”
NEUROBIOLOGY
“Microtubules are integral to neuronal development and function. They endow cells with polarity, shape, and structure, and their extensive surface area provides substrates for in tracellular trafficking and scaffolds for signaling molecules. Consequently, microtubule polymerization dynamics affect not only structural features of the cell but also the subcellular localization of proteins that can trigger intracellular signaling events. Studies have shown that a reduction in the functioning of microtubules results in a reduction of gene expression. ”
U.S. National Academy of Science
Disturbances to the nervous system are referred to in scientific literature by several names; dysponesis, nerve dysfunction. neuritis, nerve impingement, double crush phenomenon, and subluxation, all of which cause interference to the nervous system.
The primary cause of nerve interference is found in the spinal column. When the spine is in its proper position, it protects the nerve pathways.
However, when spinal vertebra become misaligned, interference to the nerve impulse occurs, which reduces the overall function of the nervous system and of that particular organ
Nerve disturbance caused by the spinal column is called a vertebral subluxation. Vertebral subluxations are often referred to as the “Silent Killer” because they can be present for long periods of time without any evidence of pain or symptoms.
This is similar to a cavity eating away at a tooth long before a toothache occurs. Subluxations irritate the nerves which interfere with the flow of nerve impulses. This reduces the body’s inherent natural healing ability. Subluxations also alter the optimal structure of the spine which weakens it and increases degeneration. Vertebral subluxations are devastating to a person’s health and are well documented by leading health authorities.
“Subluxation is very real. We have documented it to the extent that no one can dispute its existence. Vertebral subluxations change the entire health of the body by causing structural dysfunction of the spine and nerve interference. The weight of a dime on a spinal nerve will reduce nerve transmission by as much as sixty percent.” 25
Chang Ha Suh, Ph D
Spinal Biomechanics Expert
“Nerve dysfunction is stressful to the visceral nerve and other body structures and the lowered tissue resistance modifies the immune response and lessens the overall capability of the immune system.”
Science
“Hyper functional or Hypo functional neurons along a neural chain prevent normal nerve transmission causing disturbances in the homeostasis of the cells, tissues and organs.”
Dr. T. N. Lee
Academy of Pain Research
“Pathological changes have been observed at the cellular level after experimental compression of neural structures. These include Wallerian degeneration, dystrophic axons and occasional loss of myleniated nerve fibers.”
R. B. Delamarter, MD
CHIROPRACTIC AND GENETIC POTENTIAL
Doctors of Chiropractic have long understood and emphasized the importance of a proper nerve supply to overall health. Chiropractors detect and correct vertebral subluxations by physically adjusting the spine. This restores the nervous system to an optimal level of function, which maximizes the body’s inherent healing ability including the maximization of genetic potential.
“Recent advances in cellular science are heralding an important turning point. For almost fifty years, we have held the illusion that our health and fate were preprogrammed in our genes, a concept referred to as genetic determinacy. Though mass consciousness is currently imbued with the belief that the character of one’s life is genetically predetermined, a radically new understanding is unfolding at the leading edge of science. This new awareness is bringing conventional biomedical philosophy into close alliance with D.D. Palmer’s original Chiropractic philosophy.”
Dr. Bruce Lipton
Pero was fascinated by various hormones’ synergistic relationship with other cancer-inducing agents to promote the disease. For example, thyroid hormones affect the early phases of radiation- and chemically-induced cancers. If the thyroid produces too much of either thyroxin or thyroid stimulating hormone, cancer risk greatly increases. And because the nervous system regulates hormonal balances, it too can influence susceptibility to cancer. Along these lines, various kinds of spinal cord injuries are accompanied by a high risk of developing cancer, particularly lymphoma and lymphatic leukemia.
The chiropractic patients also had 200% greater immune competence than those who had not received chiropractic care, and 400% greater immune competence than those with cancer or other serious diseases. Despite a wide range of ages in this study, immune competence did not show any decline with age; it was uniform for the entire group.
Pero concluded that “chiropractic may optimize whatever genetic abilities you have” so that you can fully resist serious disease. “I’m very excited to see that without chemical intervention this particular group of patients under chiropractic care did show a very improved response,” he told CBSRF. “These changes occur from chiropractic treatment.
