Epigenetics
In the battle of nature versus nurture, nurture has a new recruit: epigenetics - brought in from molecular biology to give scientific heft to the argument that genes are not destiny - Kevin Mitchell
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Epigenetics: Conducting The Symphony Of Genetics
For all the hype, fear and misinformation that surrounds the application of gene editing, there is an equally powerful technology that offers much the same in potential benefit. This technology, epigenetics, is a natural process that has gone largely unremarked by consumers.
Yet epigenetics is introducing incredible promise in the search for ways to deliver sustainable food to a growing population on a planet increasing challenged by climate change.
It’s time for an examination of epigenetics and the opportunities it brings, in contrast to GMO and gene editing technologies. The overall epigenetics market is projected to grow to a $35 billion market by 2028, largely on the basis…
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Can you inherit experiences? Inside the weird world of epigenetics
Ever since the age of Darwin — and especially since the discovery of DNA — scientists have thought of biological inheritance as something permanent. You inherit the genes that your parents gave you, and that's what you'll pass down to your children. But in recent years, scientists have begun to realize that genetic inheritance may be more complicated than that.
Epigenetics: The Controversial Science Behind Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Why what we eat, are exposed to, and experience today may shape the health of our descendants tomorrow.
How Epigenetics Could Turn Things Around For Alzheimer’s Disease
Maybe these drugs aren’t working because something else causes the disease, besides beta amyloid and tau. Some researchers are working a different angle, called epigenetics, to try to find a way to stop the disease.
How the science of epigenetics is revolutionising skin care
The way our skin changes as we age has always fascinated. Now scientists at Estée Lauder are studying the role of epigenetics in this process while asking how it might control visible ageing and even reverse it.
Ageing: how our ‘epigenetic clocks’ slow down as we get older
Knowing more about how our bodies age and the tantalising possibility that in the future we might be able to halt, or even reverse the process, makes the epigenetic clock of great interest. Perhaps we could develop drugs to slow down the process.
Can We Access the Memories of Our Ancestors Through Our DNA?
We ask a philosopher about the scientifically-debated concept of genetic memory.
Epigenetics: genes, environment and the generation game
New research claims that environmental factors affect not just an individual's genes but those of their offspring too. Diabetes, obesity – even certain phobias – may all be influenced by the behaviour of our forebears
Epigenetics: The Brain-Booster You've Never Heard Of
The emerging science of epigenetics describes the way our lifestyle and environment influence our gene expression over time. This growing field of research is a hot topic right now because it has radically altered our preconceived views on the nature-nurture debate.
Epigenetics: what impact does it have on our psychology?
In the battle of nature versus nurture, nurture has a new recruit: epigenetics - brought in from molecular biology to give scientific heft to the argument that genes are not destiny.
Explaining 'Epigenetics': The Health Buzzword You Need to Know
But in recent decades scientists have learned that DNA alone is not destiny, and they’ve been focusing on another layer of genetic inheritance called epigenetics, which also play a role in determining what our DNA blueprints look like
Goodbye, Genetic Blueprint
What the new field of epigenetics reveals about how DNA really works.
Growing Pains for Field of Epigenetics as Some Call for Overhaul
Three prominent researchers recently outlined their skepticism in detail in the journal PLoS Genetics. The field, they say, needs an overhaul. “We need to get drunk, go home, have a bit of a cry, and then do something about it tomorrow,” said John M. Greally, one of the authors and an epigenetics expert at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
How stress echoes down the generations
Changes to sperm may transmit epigenetic changes to children.
Inherited Trauma Shapes Your Health
A new study on Civil War prisoners adds to the evidence suggesting that our parents’—and even grandparents’—experiences might affect our DNA.
Karissa Sanbonmatsu: What Can Epigenetics Tell Us About Sex And Gender?
So we're all born with our DNA. But our environment can change the way our DNA is expressed. So just like Karissa said, epigenetics reprograms our genes, deciding the path our DNA takes.
No, epigenetics and environmental responsiveness don’t undermine Darwinian evolution
Epigenetics is hardly a new idea, or even a new word. Conrad Waddington coined the term in 1942, before we knew that DNA was the molecular basis of genes. He proposed that genes are differentially turned on and off by another level of “epigenetic” processes to produce different cells and organs in the developing embryo.
The Holocaust is still traumatizing the children of survivors on a genetic level
World War II saw countless crimes against Jews. Millions were killed, and those who survived had their lives permanently scarred. But the harm may not have stopped there. A new study has found that the trauma experienced by Holocaust survivors caused genetic changes, which can be passed down to their children.
The Weird, Ever-Evolving Story of DNA
Carl Zimmer’s sprawling new book, She Has Her Mother’s Laugh, forces readers to reconsider what they think they know about genetics and heredit
Whew! Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny
The more we learn about the human genome, the less DNA looks like destiny. As scientists discover more about the "epigenome," a layer of biochemical reactions that turns genes on and off, they're finding that it plays a big part in health and heredity. By mapping the epigenome and linking it with genomic and health.
Why Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny
The new field of epigenetics is showing how your environment and your choices can influence your genetic code — and that of your kids.
Epigenetics: Conducting The Symphony Of Genetics
For all the hype, fear and misinformation that surrounds the application of gene editing, there is an equally powerful technology that offers much the same in potential benefit. This technology, epigenetics, is a natural process that has gone largely unremarked by consumers.
Epigenetics: The Science of Change
For nearly a century after the term “epigenetics” first surfaced on the printed page, researchers, physicians, and others poked around in the dark crevices of the gene, trying to untangle the clues that suggested gene function could be altered by more than just changes in sequence. Today, a wide variety of illnesses, behaviors, and other health indicators already have some level of evidence linking them with epigenetic mechanisms, including cancers of almost all types
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