#epigenetics
Psychology | Personality
The fusion of two sisters into a single woman suggests that human identity is not in our DNA | Science | EL PAÍS Englis
The biologist Alfonso Martínez Arias defends that genes do not define the uniqueness of a person, citing the example of Karen Keegan, who has two genomes
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Food, Stress, and Epigenetics
A brief look at the emerging science of epigenetics, understanding how diet and stress can turn on or off disease genes
Psychology | Personality
Trauma Effects the Brain of Survivors and Their Offspring
The inhumanity and cruelty of the Holocaust can not be overstated, and a new European study reports that holocaust survivors have dealt with lifelong negative changes to their brain structures.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
NASA’s Twins Study reveals effects of space on Scott Kelly’s health | Science News
Ten research groups studying the twin astronauts found long-term spaceflight can alter a person’s physiology and gene activity.
Health & Fitness | Health
Can the Damage of Alzheimer’s Be Undone?
With epigenetics, there’s new hope for doing just that.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Can Trauma Be Inherited Between Generations? - The Atlantic
A new study on Civil War prisoners adds to the evidence suggesting that our parents’—and even grandparents’—experiences might affect our DNA.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Dads Pass On More Than Genetics in Their Sperm | Science | Smithsonian
Seminal research reveals that sperm change their cargo as they travel the reproductive tract—and the differences can have consequences for fertility
Psychology | Personality
New Study: The Genetics of Staying in School - The Atlantic
Researchers have found 1,271 gene variants associated with years of formal education. That’s important, but not for the obvious reasons.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
The Medicine of the Future is Here – And It’s Alive! | FTI Journal
The FTI Journal is a quarterly publication from FTI Consulting, Inc., the global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance their enterprise value.
Psychology | Personality
With RNA, Researchers Transfer Memories Between Sea Slugs - D-brief
It hints that memories might not be totally stored in synapses as we thought.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Genetic Testing and Family Secrets
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Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Trauma travels through generations
Untangling ourselves from the trauma of previous generations is not always easy, but it’s worth it
Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information
Free Podcast on Epigenetics with Rachel Yehuda
Great talk with Rachel Yehuda on epigenetics and how trauma impacts our bodies, brains, and how it gets passed on AND how we can heal it.
News | News Items
Rachel Yehuda Discusses How Trauma Can Affect Our DNA
The James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx is one of those out-of-the-way places where America warehouses the casualties of its wars. It’s a functional place, surrounded by a high fence, that looks like a cross between an urban com
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Growing Pains for Field of Epigenetics as Some Call for Overhaul
Studies of so-called epigenetic marks, crucial to our development, have met with growing skepticism over their findings.
Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information
It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are
by Mark Wolynn Traumas Lost and Found The past is never dead. It’s not even past. — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun A well-documented feature of trauma, one familiar to many, is our inability to...
Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information
Grandma's Experiences Leave Epigenetic Mark on Your Genes
Your ancestors' lousy childhoods or excellent adventures might change your personality, bequeathing anxiety or resilience by altering the epigenetic expressions of genes in the brain.
