Epigenetics refers to how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unlike genetic changes or ...

We often hear the phrase, "You are what you eat." But what if it also applied to your children—even before they're born? Research from the Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) ...

Why do identical twins sometimes experience different health outcomes as they age? How is it that a pregnant woman’s nutrition can influence her unborn child’s future risk of developing certain ...

Cancer researchers have long treated genetic chaos and epigenetic rewiring as separate engines of disease, two parallel hallmarks that help tumors grow, spread, and resist treatment. Now a new wave of ...