Epigenetic change causes fruit fly babies to inherit diet-induced heart disease
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 - 11:20
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have identified an epigenetic marker and two genes that caused heart failure in the children and grandchildren of fruit flies with high-fat-diet-induced heart dysfunction. Reversing the epigenetic modification or over-expressing the two genes protected subsequent generations from the negative heart effects of their parents' diet.