Comments on: Genes modified by diet http://scienceroll.com/2007/01/29/genes-modified-by-diet/ A doctor's journey in genetics PhD and medicine through web 2.0 Sun, 27 May 2012 17:35:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ncurse http://scienceroll.com/2007/01/29/genes-modified-by-diet/#comment-1312 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:39:08 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/genes-modified-by-diet/#comment-1312 Thank you for the link. An interesting sentence:

These observations suggest, at least in this special case, that maternal dietary supplementation may positively affect health and longevity of the offspring.

]]> By: Tom Greenfield http://scienceroll.com/2007/01/29/genes-modified-by-diet/#comment-1309 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:26:05 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/genes-modified-by-diet/#comment-1309 The first study on this was not so recent (1998) –
FASEB J. 12, 949 – 957 – but as methylation is so important in DNA replication this subject can’t get enough exposure.

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