date:Sep 22, 2012
adulthood is quite novel.
Epigenetic switch
The researchers noted that while epigenetic markers don't change our genes, they make a permanent imprint by dictating their fate: If a gene is not expressed turned on it's as if it didn't exist.
Pressman said the finding became particularly exciting when her team discovered that the affected markers were those that regulated the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal or HPA axis which controls virtually all hormone activity in the body, including the pr