READERS SUMMARY: 1. What determines our ultimate health fate? 2. What exactly is epigenetics? 3. How does an autoimmune disease begin? 4. Is multiple sclerosis tied to gut inflammation? 5. What is an inflammasome and why is hypomethylation so critical? My first post on epigenetics seems to have stimulated a lot of talk based upon [...]
READERS SUMMARY: 1. Why the presence of genes means nothing to disease risk. 2. What do people over 100 years old teach us about genetics? 3. What six pieces of evidence found in 2011 tell us about AD or PD etiology? 4. How will industry try to solve the mystery? 5. What you can do [...]
The basis of epigenetics is founded in fetal development and is heavily influenced by grand maternal and maternal behaviors that influence in utero life of the fetus. This influence seems to be multigenerational as well because of the inheritance of meiotic stem cells in females. It has been known for years that the mother's behavior [...]
READERS SUMMARY: 1. What dietary context really means. 2. What is epigenetics? 3. How a thread can help thousands of people? 4. Sharing thoughts can really help us all out. 5. How did grandma and mom turn off or turn on your metabolism? And what have you done to it recently? The Quilt took me [...]