• Question: why do we have so many dieses

    Asked by anon-191803 to Kathryn, Graeme, Agnes, Adam on 16 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Adam McGuinness

      Adam McGuinness answered on 16 Nov 2018:

      Do you mean diseases? It’s because we’re incredibly complex and complicated animals, we have so many different types of cells and proteins in our body, it only takes one type to go wrong to cause a disease!

    • Photo: Agnes Wojtusiak

      Agnes Wojtusiak answered on 16 Nov 2018:

      Also, many diseases are caused by tiny tiny living things (like bacteria, viruses or funghi) – and just as many different types of animals have evolved, so have many different types of those tiny organisms!

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