The recent Lancet Breastfeeding Series refers to new discoveries being made about breastmilk — such as its role in gene expression — so it can be expected that Nestle will use the strategy of launching «new improved» formulas that are «closer to breastmilk» for decades to come (Nestle is currently investing heavily in epigentics research). (babymilkaction.org)
If chemically silencing genes — a process called epigentic methylation — can drive cancer, there are potentially several ways to flip the switch in the opposite direction. (newscientist.com)
In chapter two of Deep Nutrition entitled The Intelligent Gene, we cite evidence for the fact that epigentic gene tagging leads to alteration of replication in ways that can cause the kind of letter code changes we term mutations. (drcate.com)