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Childhood, Disrupted

By Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Adversity in childhood can create long-lasting scars, damaging our cells and our DNA, and making us sick as adults

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What Ails Us

Most genetic studies completely ignore the science of epigenetics, which is how the environment actually turns certain genes on or off.

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Tracy Frisch, Gabor Mate
2012
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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.

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Michael Helmstetter
2021
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A Super Brief and Basic Explanation of Epigenetics for Total Beginners

Epigenetics is the study of biological mechanisms that will switch genes on and off, to be put as a simplified definition. What does that mean? Well, if you are new to this whole thing, we first need a quick crash course in biochemistry and genetics before learning exactly what is epigenetics.

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What is Epigenetics Team
2019
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What Is Epigenetics, and Why Is Everyone Talking about It?

It’s not uncommon to read headlines about the “epigenetic revolution” and hear claims that epigenetics overthrows our understanding of evolution. So what exactly is epigenetics? How does it work? And why does it matter?

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Matthew Tontonoz
2018
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Identical Twins Hint at How Environments Change Gene Expression

Studying twins has long offered insight into the interplay of nature and nurture. Epigenetics is the next frontier.

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Erika Hayasaki
2018
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Genes as Mirrors of Life Experiences

Scientists are turning their focus to an emerging field: epigenetics, the study of how people’s experience and environment affect the function of their genes.

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Benedict Carey
2010
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How Much of a Pull Do Your Genetics Have on Your Weight?

There are many factors at play when it comes to your weight, and genetics is certainly one of them.

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Kelly Glass
2020
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