How Chris Hemsworth genetics make him decide to retire – Australian actor, Chris Hemsworth, recently made headlines when he revealed that he decided to withdraw, at least temporarily, from filming due to a genetic predisposition.
On November 20, the documentary series Limitless premiered in which the actor is accompanied by the camera during different tests that he undergoes to corroborate the influence of the passage of time on the body.
In one of the episodes, Hemsworth takes a genetic test that yields a result that prompts him to announce that he will be taking a break from the cameras to reframe his life and career. He reads on to learn about this diagnosis and other celebrities who have explored his genetics and done something about it.
Chris Hemsworth genetic predisposition
In the episode titled “Memory”, the protagonist of the Thor sagas takes a genetic test that yields an alarming result. The report found that the actor has a mutation of the APOE4 gene, which glimpses a predisposition of the human being to suffer from Alzheimer’s. In addition, it can be verified that both of Chris Hemsworth’s parents carry the genetic mutation and added to the fact that his grandfather is battling the disease, the Hollywood heartthrob must take care of himself.
In that sense, Chris Hemsworth has chosen to take a step apart from his profession, shorten projects that he already had on the door and work on his philosophy regarding future opportunities. He also declared that he considers the diagnosis as a blessing with which he can prepare to prevent such a serious condition, for which he recommends that his public be checked at the genetic level.
Celebrities who have had genetic tests
With the passing of the years and the gigantic advance of genetic exploration resources, various figures in the public sphere have made it known that they also resort to them, more than for paternity tests as in previous times.
The Angelina Jolie Effect
In 2013, established Hollywood figure Angelina Jolie underwent a preventative double mastectomy, in which tissue was removed from her breast tissue. This is because the director also underwent a genetic test that reported that she had a mutation in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which put her at risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
By undergoing the first procedure, Jolie reduced her chance of developing cancerous tumors in those areas quite proportionally: from 87% to 5%. A family history of breast cancer motivated her to get tested and to make a public call for more people to do so.
A year after the fact, statistical authorities in the United States reported that the number of tests of this nature rose by 40% as a result of the media impact of the news about the actress. By 2015, territories such as the United Kingdom and even Argentina, reported a growing and stable interest in the referral of genetic tests that can guide to prevent serious diseases.
Other celebrities who have acted on their genetic information
Within our Spanish limits, the famous television host, Terelú, underwent the same tests and processes as Angelina Jolie. Outside our borders, Kylie Minogue, Anastacia, Christina Applegate and Kathy Bates are just some of the media figures with similar cases.
As for mental health, the singer and actress Demi Lovato has been honest with her diagnoses of bipolar and eating personality disorder and the relationship that her results have kept with the fact that both her father and her mother carried mutations in their genes that predisposed thereto.
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