Epigenetics in Biology and Medicine

Epigenetic changes are essential to normal development, but these changes can also cause problems, such as disabling tumor-suppressing genes, making it an important avenue of research in the pharmaceutical industry. Presenting contributions from international experts, this text offers a comprehensive overview of epigenetics, both in normal functions and disease states. Addressing both theoretical and methodological issues, it discusses cell biology and the role of epigenetics in human, animal, and plant diseases; DNA methylation inhibitors; histone modifications; epigenomics; and the impact of diet and nutrition.

Epigenetics, in its most basic form, means heredity is not the sole determining factor in disease development. Rather, environmental and dietary factors can trigger a gene to behave in an unintended way, while the gene itself remains unchanged.

Epigenetics in Biology and Medicinediscusses cell biology and epigenetics’ role in human, animal, and plant diseases, including distortions in DNA methylation. The text also covers histone modifications, and epigenomics, as well as dietary and environmental impacts on epigenetic changes.

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Dr. Manel Esteller, the editor of the volume, is a leading expert in molecular genetics of endometrial carcinoma. Under his editorial guidance, this publication goes beyond heredity to explain the crucial role of epigenetics in plants and physical and psychological diseases.

This text is applicable to a wide range of researchers, including those invested in the applications of cell biology, those involved in disease research and deciding genetic patterns, and those coalitions concerned with the impact of epigenetics and possible cures. As a result, it has the potenti