CKD is a national public health problem that afflicts persons of all segments of society.
Although racial/ethnic disparities in advanced CKD including dialysis-dependent …

Epigenetics, defined as 'the study of mitotically and/or meiotically heritable changes in gene
function that cannot be explained by changes in DNA sequence', has emerged as a …

This book explores the socio-political implications of human heredity from the second half of
the nineteenth century to the present postgenomic moment. It addresses three main phases …

Why do we grow up to look, act, and feel as we do? Through most of the twentieth century,
scientists and laypeople answered this question by referring to two factors alone: our …

Epigenetics is one of the most rapidly expanding fields in the life sciences. Its rise is
frequently framed as a revolutionary turn that heralds a new epoch both for gene-based …

The articles in this issue of Transcultural Psychiatry point the way toward meaningful
advances in mental health research pertaining to Indigenous peoples, illuminating the …

Environmental epigenetics is the study of how environmental signals affect gene expression.
Within this growing field of molecular biology, experiments on the epigenetic effects of …

In this paper, I firstly situate the current rise of interest in epigenetics in the broader history of
attempts to go “beyond the gene” in twentieth-century biology. In the second part, after a …

This guide provides healthcare students and professionals with a foundational background
on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)–traumatic early life experiences, which can have …

Endometriosis is a complex disease influenced by genetic, epigenetic and environmental
factors. The aim of the present study was to describe genomic instability, genetic …