As researchers learn more about the role epigenetics plays in cell behavior they hope to discover new ways to treat, diagnose and screen for cancer.
Epigenetic changes to an individual cell are heritable. This means when a cell divides, its offspring, and all succeeding generations, carry the same epigenetic alterations—even if they were DNA methylations originally caused by environmental factors like cigarette smoke or radiation.
Does this mean that parents can pass on epigenetic alterations to ...