Epigenetics: How Environment Changes Your Biology

De: Charlotte Mykura, The Great Courses

Narrado por: Charlotte Mykura

Epigenetics is the science of living DNA, charting the chemical pathways that spur DNA into action by turning genes on and off. While the Human Genome Project of the early 2000s was hailed as the key to understanding human heredity and disease, that historic effort was just the beginning. It has taken epigenetics to fill in the picture, explaining how the fixed code of our genome is implemented in countless living processes.

Epigenetics has led to surprises galore, among them that our environment and behavior affects the way our genes work. What’s more, epigenetic research shows that our parents’ environment and behavior also affect our genes, upending the traditional argument on nature versus nurture.

Taught by noted epigeneticist, physician, and science communicator Dr. Charlotte Mykura, Epigenetics: How Environment Changes Your Biology covers the nuts and bolts of this fascinating science in 12 in-depth, half-hour lectures.

Lively and authoritative, Dr. Mykura explains how epigenetics is ubiquitous at the cellular level, influenced by activities like diet and lifestyle. For example, aging is largely an epigenetic phenomenon. So is our susceptibility to many diseases, as well as our body’s ability to fight infection. You learn how epigenetics governs human X and Y chromosomes, the miraculous process of building an embryo, and the transmission of environmental experience between generations. And you investigate how epigenetics evolved in the first place and where the epigenetic universe might take us next, especially in the realm of medicine.

Research in epigenetics has been recognized with several Nobel prizes, and the field will only grow in importance as scientists probe the mystery at the heart of our DNA.

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I loved this book , unsurpassed all encompassing

Audiophile #1.
Details details details...,
Epigenetics it says and Epigenetics it is.
Presentation efficiently enhanced by entangled narrator emotion, and you know what I mean or don't.

Nesa Carey's to die for science author's books on Epigenetics and Junk DNA has narrative exploiting this reader sweet spot. Charlotte Mykura sped and clarified no less than world renowned Nessa Carey

Outdated

Deprecated science mixed with trendy new politics… but at least her accent is really cute

Deep Yet Concise - the Perfect Introduction

I came to this course to learn more about transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, but I left with so much more. Mykura dishes out so many cool facts in relevant and substantial ways, my favorite being that our immune system self-inflicts mutations at specific gene sites to optimize antibody response. Brilliantly prepared and delivered.

Hermione Granger Teaches You Epigenetics

Mykura reads from a script I think but it’s well-written and engaging. To my American ear, she sounded almost identical to Emma Watson as Hermione, haha. But a lovely course that answered a lot of questions but sparked even more.

Cutting edge...

If you've slacked off since medschool, engineering, biology, or whatever your subject of interest is...when it comes to genetics, you're going to need to catch back up. This is the book.

Really good

I enjoyed this short course on epigenetics very much. If you like genetics, this will update you with clear, understandable knowledge about the most cutting-edge developments in epigenetics. The lecturer first describes what epigenetics is, and then how it affects lifespan, human reproduction, cancer, and other crucial life functions. In each chapter, the story moves briskly and succinctly from sentence to sentence. There are no wasted asides or "filler" sentences, so you end up paying close attention so that you can follow the story and then move onto the next one. The lecturer also pauses between these sentences, allowing you to digest them (helpful!). Some of the information is so new that it updated things I learned only 2-3 years ago, which was great.

Fascinating subject covered well

Very interesting and exciting material. We are on the cutting edge of so many amazing discoveries and this serves as a reminder that it is such a wonderful time to be alive and to be an educated and contributing member of society.

Exceptional Course Delivered with Enthusiasm

I really enjoyed this course. You can hear the passion in her voice as she explains very complex processes in surprisingly simple form. I would definitely recommend for people interested in genetics.

Good listen

Insightful, inspiring, and informative. This book is a very efficient way to learn about the power of epigenetics.

New information about epigenetics

I really enjoyed of listening to this book. It was short, understandable, and informative about epigenetic.