The human genome provides a precise, biological blueprint of life. To implement this blueprint correctly, the genome must be read with great precision, but it's impossible for this process to be completely error-free. Mistakes during transcription - random errors in how DNA sequences are copied for a gene to be expressed - can happen any time in any number of ways.
What causes disease? Why do we get sick? Douglas Wallace's answer could spark a revolution in medical thinking. For thousands of years, practitioners of Eastern medicine have linked human health to the concept of energy, or "qi" - its presence, absence and flow through our bodies affecting everything from heart disease to mental clarity. Ironically, Douglas Wallace, PhD, one of CHOP's most internationally renowned experts in Western medicine, has spent his career proving that they just might be right.