Re: [CFS_Yasko] TV show on genetics

October 18, 2007

TV show on geneticsIt is also available to download at:

BBC_-_Horizon_-_2005_-_The_Ghost_In_Your_Genes.avi

It was exciting to watch.

For me in particular because it gave evidence for why childhood abuse could

result in chronic illness. That was an insight I had had a decade ago, and it

was nice to see some confirmation.

Adrienne

[CFS_Yasko] TV show on genetics

tonight, Oct 15, 2008, a TV science show called GHOST IN YOUR GENES

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genes/ ( " Experts investigate how a mysterioius

'second genome' helps determine our biological fates " ) is on PBS's Nova series,

a very well respected science show. it airs tonight in boston and likely other

US cities. but to find when it airs in yr community, check out the PBS station

schedule in yr area. it will likely air a few times in the next 24 hours. more

below....

- rivka

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Nova

Ghost in Your Genes

Nova explores new findings that call into question the long-held belief that

all inherited traits are passed on by our genes. The fast-growing field of

epigenetics investigates hidden influences that could affect not only our health

today but that of our descendants far into the future.

It now seems that our environment makes small chemical changes to our DNA

without affecting the gene's overall makeup. To put it another way, epigenetics

adds to our DNA another layer that acts as a control system of " switches. "

Experiential factors such as nutrition or stress may trigger these switches and

turn genes on or off. These subtle changes can then be " remembered " and passed

on from generation to generation, altering inherited traits.

This means that the lives of our grandparents - the air they breathed, the

food they ate, even the things they saw - could have directly affected us, and

what we do may, in turn, affect our grandchildren. Ghost in Your Genes explores

this new idea, interviewing scientists in the field and following what could be

a paradigm shift in the way in which we think about inheritance and genes.

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