Quote by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“genes might control the possibilities, but epigenetics determines our destiny.”

— A.G. Riddle

“This exciting new field of epigenetics--meaning literally "around" the gene--allows us to see how environmental factors alter our gene expression in a specific place…

— Woodson Merrell

“Thus, for our purposes, genes aren’t about inevitability. Instead they’re about context-dependent tendencies, propensities, potentials, and vulnerabilities. All embedded in the fabric of the…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

We can't any longer have the conventional understanding of genetics which everybody peddles because it is increasingly obvious that epigenetics - actually things which…

— Robert Winston

“how you eat and live actually gets passed down to at least one successive generation through this epigenetic process.”

— Alisa Vitti

“epigenetic marks are the remote control not only to your health and longevity but also to how you pass your genes on to future…

— David Perlmutter

“as Gilbert Gottlieb, an eminent neuroscientist, put it, not only do genes and environment cooperate as we develop, but genes require input from the…

— Carol S. Dweck

The study of how substances alter gene expression is part of the field of epigenetics. Some chemical exposures appear to turn on and turn…

— Sandra Steingraber

“our cells contain an epigenome that tells genes to switch on or off.”

— Deborah Kesten

“Genes determine our risk for a disease, but our lifestyle and environment can either trigger or suppress those risks.”

— John J. Ratey

The environment can actually affect gene expression.

— Michael Marmot

Contrary to what we've been taught, genes do not determine physical and character traits on their own. Rather, they interact with the environment in…

— David Shenk