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Editorial: Epigenetics can take us towards a saner future
A little thing called methylation means that parental neglect, or eating a poor diet, could lead to depression or schizophrenia two generations later
WHAT if your bad habits mean that your children and even their children end up with a psychiatric disorder? That is one of the implications of a study in rodents that suggests poor diet and parental neglect can leave their mark on the genes of your children and your children’s children.
A cryptic epigenetic code added to the DNA…
