Plants have a lot in common with humans, more than you can imagine. They are endowed, in fact, with genes similar to ours, which allow them to "see", "smell" and "hear". This was revealed by a research from the University of Tel Aviv, in Israel, which also offers new perspectives also to cancer research.
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Plants have a lot in common with humans, more than you can imagine. In fact, they are equipped with similar genes to ours, which allow them to "See", "smell" and "hear". This was revealed by a research from the University of Tel Aviv, in Israel, which also offers new perspectives also to cancer research.
The study, also interesting for understanding processes such as the importance of light and circadian rhythm that affect our immune system, highlights the multiple connections between plants and human biology. This, at least, is the thesis of Daniel Chamovitz, Director of Tau’s Manna Center for Plant Biosciences and author of the book "What a Plant Knows".
"Just like humans - explains Chamovitz - too plants possess 'senses', such as sight, smell, touch and taste ". Furthermore, continues the expert, “we share a large part of our genetic heritage with plants, a sharing that should lead scholars to reconsider the biological basis that bring nature closer to human beings. An example? Plants constitute a excellent model for experiments at the cellular level. And for food safety “.
For Chamovitz and his team, therefore, the genes of plants and humans are actually very similar. The same group of proteins that plants use to decide whether it is night or day is also used by animals and humans. In humans, these proteins “control both the circadian cycle, that is the passage from sleep to wakefulness and vice versa, and the cellular cycle. Help a understand what changes in this protein lead to cancer".
Roberta Ragni
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