Kari stefansson biography of martin

"Genetics is the only way to systematically study human nature. So we came to the conclusion that the way to study human diseases and other aspects of human nature would be to study human diversity", says Kári Stefánsson, who, when asked what he is most excited about in his ongoing research, responds, "always my latest discovery."

One pivotal moment in his scientific journey occured 28 years ago when he returned to Iceland with a new vision.

Instead of focusing on a specific group of individuals with a certain disease, Kári Stefánsson changed the approach by gathering data from the whole population. This decision proved to be a transformative one.

"In the end, this approach allowed us to look at whatever disease we were interested in."

All depends on proteins

Human diversity might begin with variations and diversity in the DNA sequences, but it certainly does not end there.

"Basically, the environmental influences, they are