Epigenetics and Cancer Medicine

Developmental and Nutritional Epigenetics

Epigenetic factors  are also called as  epigenetic marks control many functions of cells in our bodies. From time to time, epigenetic marks cause certain genes to be turned on or off at various phases of the body's development and growth in a way that prompts to a disease onset

In this way, researchers and scientists have been able to find the thin line which is connecting the following diseases to Epigenetics

§  Autism

§  ATR-X syndrome

§  Angelman syndrome

§  Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome

§  Coffin-Lowry syndrome

§  Fragile X syndrome

§  Heart disease

§  Obesity

§  Prader-Willi syndrome

§  Rett syndrome

§  Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome,

§  Various Cancers

This track also deals with the modification’s and changes that greatly affects the processes such as DNA methylation and histone modifications like embryonic development, aging, and carcinogenesis

Epigenetics plays a key role in wide range of diseases like type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity, inflammation, and neurocognitive disorders. Nutritional Epigenetics can be considered as an attractive tool to anticipate and prevent Cancer and pediatric developmental diseases