How to Know if Your Child Will Become a Champion? What Belarusian Geneticists Are Capable of

Topic news Do you want to understand exactly what kind of sport you are predisposed to or how many cupscoffee can you drink a day? You can find out about this and more at the Institute of Genetics and Cytology. Lyudmila Makarina-Kibak, DIRECTOR of the Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, told us about modern research in the Honest Story project.
- A very large study on human intelligence and endurance was conducted at the Institute of Genetics and Cytology. For example, parents are going to send their child to sports . But he may have a gene that is responsible for very short-term stress, and he is only able to run short distances. Or it will turn out that there is a breakdown in the gene that is responsible for sudden cardiac arrest. We know of such cases when they go out onto the football field or onto the ice, and it ends badly. We can look at the gene that is responsible for how quickly a person recovers. And only after that decide what kind of sport he is predisposed to. There is a moment of career guidance. When school graduates enter the Ministry of Emergency Situations , the Ministry of Internal Affairs, geneticists can also help, there are certain studies .

In addition, we can talk about metabolism - for example, caffeine or ALCOHOL. This is especially popular with doctors. For example: you come to visit, you are immediately offered coffee, another drinks six cups - and there is no reaction. But just recently a person told me that the first 15 minutes he feels very cheerful, and then - no longer. We looked, and it turned out that he has a very good caffeine metabolism , he can drink a lot of coffee. And when I was given such a study, it turned out that I can drink only two cups without harm to my HEALTH. If more, tachycardia develops.

"Lark" or "owl" - genes are also responsible for this.

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