Thanks to the growing field of epigenetics, we're learning more about the interplay of genetic inheritance and environment in ...

or the development of chronic diseases (diabetes/obesity) (8,23); and the confirmatory role of epigenetic regulation in trans-generational stable inheritance (20). The transgenerational ...

Epigenetic factors -- the bridge between environmental insults and genetic risk in type 1 diabetes. Genetics plays a major role in determining a person's risk of developing type 1 diabetes ...

The behavior of a person's genes doesn't just depend on the genes' DNA sequence - it's also affected by so-called epigenetic factors. Changes in these factors can play a critical role in disease.

The work adds to a growing body of research investigating whether parents' life experiences can be passed on to future generations through these epigenetic changes. Related: Father's use of diabetes ...

Type 2 diabetes is no longer a lifelong sentence; emerging research shows it can be reversed With strategic lifestyle changes ...

With this new technology in hand, Takahashi could begin his research on the inheritance of epigenetic changes. Using their DNA methylation editing technology, the scientists silenced two genes ...