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Author:   Rebecca Fry ,  Trygve Tollefsbol (Professor of Biology, <br>Senior Scientist, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging, <br>University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
ISBN:  

9780128199688

ISBN 10:   0128199687
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   01 October 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Section I. Epigenetic Mechanisms/Machinery 1. DNA methylation/chromatic regulation/non-coding RNAs 2. Tools for the assessment of epigenetic regulation Section II. Transdisciplinary approaches for the study of environmental epigenetics 3. Model organisms and their application in environmental epigenetics 4. Epidemiological concepts in environmental epigenetics Section III. Epigenetic programming of disease in relation to the environment 5. Pregnancy and Birth outcomes 6. Neurodevelopment outcomes 7. Cancer 8. Respiratory dysfunction 9. Immune dysfunction 10. Cardio/Metabolic disease 11. Aging Section IV. Transgenerational epigenetic effects of the environment 12. Transgenerational effects of environmental contaminants Section V. Epigenome-targeted therapies in environmental health science 13. Nutrition 14. Manipulation of Epigenetic machinery Section VI. Conclusions and Future Perspectives 15. Conclusions and Future Perspectives: The environment and the epigenome

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Trygve Tollefsbol is a Professor of Biology and a Senior Scientist in the Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging, the Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Nutrition Obesity Research Center, and the Comprehensive Diabetes Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He is Director of the UAB Cell Senescence Culture Facility which he established in 1999. Dr. Tollefsbol has doctorate degrees in molecular biology and osteopathic medicine and has edited and co-authored numerous books on the topics of epigenetics, cancer and aging and is Series Editor of Translational Epigenetics. Dr. Tollefsbol is a Professor of Biology and a Senior Scientist in the Center for Aging, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Nutrition Obesity Research Center, and the Comprehensive Diabetes Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He is Director of the UAB Cell Senescence Culture Facility which he established in 1999 and a Steering Committee Member of the UAB Center for Aging.

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