Epigenetics

In the study, “Epigenetics and Maternal Nutrition: Nature v. Nurture,” researchers tested the transcription factor 7-like 2 gene to identify its implication in type 2 diabetes (T2D) and birth weight. This study comprised 24,053 participants in total from six joint studies…

The acquisition of knowledge is a process engrained in human nature, rooted in the desire to uncover the truth and driven by the asking of questions; inquiries that evoke information or incite an answer. When searching for knowledge, it may be necessary for the question stimulating the pursuit of knowledge to be neutral, defined as not being biased in any way and unaffected by personal experience and knowledge, in order for one to arrive at an absolute, objective truth or certain knowledge.…

Methoxychlor has been observed to have the potential to promote epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of disease to ancestral environmental exposures (Manikkam, 2014). Epigenetic transgenerational inheritance is defined as the germline transmission of epigenetic information and phenotypic change across generations in the absence of any direct environmental exposure or genetic manipulation. Humans today could still…

What are the five steps of the scientific method? 1.)Begin with curiosity: BY “on the basis of theory, prior research, or personal observation, pose a question.” 2.)Develop a hypothesis: once you have the question, form it into a hypothesis, a prognosis would be evaluated 3.)Test the hypothesis: Design and lead research to accumulate experimental proof 4.)Analyze the evidence gathered in the research: figured out if the theory was right or not 5.)Report the results: share information,…

Dean of research studies and senior scientist at the Madras Diabetes Research foundation in India. He cautioned that the “risk of diabetes in both pregnant women and their offspring in adult life, is connected to epigenetic mechanisms and endocrine disruptors could be one such epigenetic modulator” (Balasubramanyam, Aruldhas, Balasubramanian, Arunakaran, & Sankar, 2014). This news article was able to give such a profound statement since these doctors are seeing results in their medical fields,…

Over the years, there have been several discussions over people’s actions and the reason why they behave in such a way. For example, is it because of epigenetics or through the experience they endure in their lifetime. This debate has become to be known as nature versus nurture. Nature is the idea that the way humans act is because of their genes and family history. Nurture is the idea that humans act due to their environments and their social interactions (their experiences). Humans act the way…

watched a video on Dr. Fallon a neuroscientist and a professor at the University of California. Over the past years he has been analyzing brains of sociopathic killers and what he finds is what he usually talks about. He looks at how Genes, Biological-epigenetic brain damage and the environment affect someone’s brain. He says “how you end up with a sociopathic killer is when the damage occurs, it is a very precisely timed thing.” Every person he looked who was a serial killer/sociopathic had…

are being developed against cancer, specifically called epigenetic cancer drugs. I was provided with a primary research article by my professor and began to read the article. The article absorbed me. I could not help but read not only the long article itself, but also a large portion of the articles that were referenced in the paper itself. After multiple hours of reading and discovering the inhibition pathways of inhibiting aberrant epigenetic enzyme function, I realized that I actually had to…

Chapter One Introduction Do you ever wonder what happens to water that has been exposed to heat? Usually, when running errands, we forget about our refreshments and leave them sitting in our car. This exposure to solar energy heats up the polycarbonate plastic bottle and initiates the release of Bisphenol A, or BPA. Although it is not emitted in large quantities, the progressive consumption of BPA can have negative effects on the brain, behavior, and prostate glands in fetuses, infants, and…

cancer if the persons’ family has a history of bladder cancer or any type of cancer. There are factors that decrease the risk of bladder cancer. Being active, giving birth, having menopause later in life, a higher fruit and vegetable intake and someone that has Parkinson’s disease has a lower risk of bladder cancer. Researchers do not know exactly what causes bladder cancer. Changes in DNA or in normal cells can cause cancer. When normal cancer cells have a mutation it makes cells grow…