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Screenshot of news.ufl.edu: Violence alters human genes for generations, researchers discover

Violence alters human genes for generations, researchers discover (news.ufl.edu)

405 points by gudzpoz 1 year ago | 230 comments

University of Florida news article on research finding that violence experienced by Syrian refugees leaves epigenetic changes passed across generations.

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Screenshot of uwa.edu.au: A new method to reprogram human cells to better mimic embryonic stem cells

A new method to reprogram human cells to better mimic embryonic stem cells (uwa.edu.au)

385 points by rbanffy 3 years ago | 97 comments

University of Western Australia news article on a method to erase a cell's epigenetic memory so reprogrammed human cells better mimic embryonic stem cells.

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#epigenetics on Hacker News

Violence alters human genes for generations, researchers discover(news.ufl.edu)

A new method to reprogram human cells to better mimic embryonic stem cells(uwa.edu.au)

Violence alters human genes for generations, researchers discover (news.ufl.edu)

A new method to reprogram human cells to better mimic embryonic stem cells (uwa.edu.au)