Epigenetics

Why Sibling Aggression Differs

Structural differences in the area of the brain responsible for decision making could explain why two siblings living in the same family...

Poverty Written into Your Genes?

A new Northwestern University study challenges prevailing understandings of genes as immutable features of biology that are fixed at...

Adversity: Growing Up Fast

In previous blog entries I shared research that showed that children and young people who were exposed to childhood trauma demonstrated...

Mechanism for Gender Differences in Mental Health Identified?

Researchers have recently begun to realize that biological sex plays a key role in disease risk. Sex plays a role in hypertension,...

Anti-Cancer Drug Treats Autism

Of all the challenges that come with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the social difficulties are among the most...

Turning On Then Dropping Out

Epigenetics is the study of how environments can switch your genes on or off. An intriguing study has identified key mechanisms of how...

Phil Harris