Marchant discusses heritable epigenetic mutations & environmental justice

A number of genetic alterations have been linked to hazardous environmental exposures. Studies have further suggested that the effects of such changes may be passed on to future generations.  While additional verificatory studies in the area of transgenerational epigenetics are required, LSI Faculty Director Gary Marchant and his colleagues investigate its potential social impact through […]

Worldwide Web Watch

November 23, 2016 With greater emphasis placed on the role of genetics with regard to human disease, behavior, traits and so forth,  there is a tendency to overlook external factors that interact with the genome and have an impact on how genes are expressed and function.  In How Our Environment Affects Our Genes, Michael White […]

Technology Triple Trivia

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. January 26, 2016 1. What might we be able to change with regard to our babies besides their diapers? Hint: Answer: our personal environment, including what we eat, if we exercise, education level and our genetic makeup might influence the way our kids turn out – from birth.   All […]

Tuesday Triple Trivia for October 21, 2014

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers.  Every Tuesday. 1.  What event is linked to genetic modifications affecting a particular European nation? Hint: Answer: researchers have discovered epigenetic modifications in subjects who lived through World War II Nazi Germany, passing behavioral disorders, such as magnified reaction to stress, on to their offspring (just like mice).   Thus, […]

Triple Trivia Tuesday for October 7, 2014

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers.  Every Tuesday. 1. Babies + bad weather = ? Hint: Answer: Researchers in Canada have discovered that the number of days pregnant women were without electricity during the grisly 1998 Quebec Ice Storm resulted in specific alterations to their offspring’s T cells (a type of white blood cell that […]

REMINDER: October LSI Open Cluster Meeting

Professor Gary Marchant‘s Personalized Medicine Research Cluster is holding an open meeting Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 12p-1p in the law library conference room.  The meeting will feature student presentations on Epigenetics and the Fetus: Legal Implications and Plavix PGx Testing.  All are welcome to attend & lunch will be served.   Please RSVP by Friday, October […]