Type 2 Diabetes: The Search For An Epigenetic Fix

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 09:40 in Psychology & Sociology

Type 2 diabetes has a strong hereditary component, and while we can't change the genes we were born with, if epigenetics says a father eating a Twinkie before conception can lead to bad grades for the child in high school, why can't we modify the function of the genes through the epigenetic changes that take place in the course of life? read more

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