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• in Technorati Women
  Nature, Nurture or Neither: Identical Twins Hold The Answer
  Genetics plays a considerable role in behavior, according to research
  by samkj27 / on Dec 29, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “epigenetics”

 

• Mapping the embryonic epigenome

  
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  Researchers elucidate how precise chemical modifications across the genome turn genes on and off during early human development—and how those mechanisms are disrupted in cancer A large, multi-institutional research team involved in the NIH Epigenome Roadmap Project has published a sweeping analysis in the current ...
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• Mapping the embryonic epigenome

  
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  A large, multi-institutional research team involved in the NIH Epigenome Roadmap Project has published a sweeping analysis in the current issue of the journal Cell of how genes are turned on and off to direct early human development. Led by Bing Ren of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Joseph Ecker of The Salk ...
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• New ideas for saving Tasmanian Devils

  
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  I cannot deal with the fact Tasmanian Devils are being driven to extinction by a contagious, untreatable cancer. I cannot deal with it. Click on the first link to see the science behind the tragedy: Numbers arent enough Click on the second link to see why I cannot deal with this, psychologically: Oh no… ...
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• PTSD Research: Distinct Gene Activity Patterns from Childhood Abuse

  
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  We have long known in the trauma community that childhood trauma (sexual abuse, neglect, etc.) creates physiological changes in the brain and body - and now this study demonstrates that the impact is also seen at the genetic level. The epigenetics of traumatic experience is the next frontier in trauma research. ...
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• Biology of Belief - by Bruce Lipton (full documentary)  If you...

  
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  Biology of Belief - by Bruce Lipton (full documentary)   If you are unfamiliar with Bruce Lipton’s work,  here you go.  Great stuff!  Take the time to watch or pick up one of his books.
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• "THE EPIGENETICS REVOLUTION" by Nessa Carey

  
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  Epigenetics are barely recognized as a new field, greatly expanding the number of questions we have about human bodies and how they work.   The research is tentative, complex, hard to assimilate.  The human genome becomes easier to “read” daily, but it is a only the basic manuscript.  Epi genetics are the ...
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• ‘Scientists on brink of HIV cure’. Ugh. UUUUUUUGH. *sigh*

  
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  *sigh* *heaviersigh* One of the many problems we have when treating HIV patients is that HIV can hide (latent). So a cell can be infected with HIV, but not show any signs of being infected. The HIV provirus is just chillin in the host cell DNA, not making any viral proteins/babby viruses, so the individuals immune ...
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• Nature, Nurture, and Me

  
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  Which came first, the addiction or the trauma? About a year ago, Jonathan Taylor, a professor at California State University in Fullerton, assigned his students some reading from my book, The Chemical Carousel , for his “Drugs, Politics, and Cultural Change” course. At the same time, the class watched ...
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• Epigenetic changes shed light on biological mechanism of autism

  
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  Scientists from King’s College London have identified patterns of epigenetic changes involved in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by studying genetically identical twins who differ in autism traits.  The study, published in Molecular Psychiatry, is the largest of its kind and may shed light on the biological ...
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• Ignore the Twenty Somethings at our Peril

  
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  Tweet Have you heard of Epigenetics ? Epigenetics is genes expressing themselves in different ways. This happens because of environmental influences and without changing the genetic makeup. Epigenetic changes can be profound in a growing organism, like an embryo. A pregnant womans stress and nutrition can ...
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