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Epigenetics: How Your Life Could Change the Cells of Your Grandkids

By Kylie Andrews — 2017

If your DNA is the unique 'song of you', your epigenomes are the audio engineers that decide how that music will be played — which bits are loud, or edited out, whether the melody is dominant or maybe the drums are lost altogether.

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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
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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
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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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How to Recognize and Cope with Racial Trauma

Racial trauma is a reaction to experiences of racism, including violence or humiliation. You might also hear it referred to as race-based trauma or race-based traumatic stress...Here’s a closer look at what racial trauma involves, and how to find culturally appropriate support.

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo
2020
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Trauma from Slavery Can Actually Be Passed Down Through Your Genes

You can get PTSD from your ancestors.

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Lincoln Anthony Blades
2016
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What Is Generational Trauma? Here’s How Experts Explain It

Experts are learning more about who is vulnerable to it, and how it manifests in families and communities.

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Claire Gillespie
2020
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Unpacking the Embodied Plantation Backpack

If you have an African American body, welcome. I wrote this blog post—and the body practice at the end—especially for you. (Everyone else, welcome as well—but please skip the body practice.)

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Resmaa Menakem
2021
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Can Trauma Really Be “Stored” in the Body?

Scientists now have more evidence than ever before revealing the intimate, intertwined relationship between the mind and body.

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Stephanie Eckelkamp
2019
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