...Emma M. Schopp; Rebecca A. Ferrer; Sherine El-Toukhy; Susan Persky Introduction: Accumulating evidence suggests that preconception epigenetic changes elevate the risk for obesity throughout the lifespan. Little is known about how parents may react to learning about parent-child epigenetic...

... and consequences; and integrative, bridging concepts). Scientists emphasized the value of epigenetic testing for health promotion, and cost saving for some forms of early genetic testing for adult-onset conditions. Religious leaders stressed care for an individual’s willingness to change over technical fixes...

... processing, respectively, resulting in an altered rate of gene expression. The role of epigenetic modifications facilitating human diseases is well established. Previous studies have identified histone and cytosine code during normal and pathological conditions with special emphasis on how...

...G. Stapleton; P. Schröder-Bäck; D. Townend Evidence emerging from the study of epigenetics and epigenomics challenges notions of health by enhancing understanding of disease etiologies and improving awareness of new health risks. New paradigms arising from epigenetic and epigenomic research present...