Environmental epigenetics: new horizons in redefining biological and health outcomes

• Environmental factors strongly influence biological systems through epigenetic processes. • Epigenetic mechanisms provide plasticity and resilience but can also mediate disease risk when dysregulated. • Reversibility of epigenetic marks opens opportunities for targeted interventions and precision medicine. • Advances such as single-cell epigenomics and machine learning are essential to decode complex epigenetic signatures. • Ethical and policy considerations are critical as epigenetic screening and interventions expand. • Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance links ancestral trauma and social history to present-day health disparities. Environmental factors can have profound influences on biological…

• UO
  University of Lethbridge
• CF
  Canada First Research Excellence Fund
• NS
  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada