First we thought the genome would let us know everything about ourselves and lead to personalized medicine. Now we have the epigenome: chemical modifications in the DNA that affect what information is used from it, without changing the information content.
Epigenomic changes can happen because of our environment, stress, ... and in some cases it is the cause of different kinds of cancers.
Below is a link that aims at explaining what it is and how it can affect our lives.
What do you think about it?
You can't always blame your parents
