ReviewSocial studies of science2019
Epigenetics, ethics, law and society: A multidisciplinary review of descriptive, instrumental, dialectical and reflexive analyses.
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- Addressing Childhood Malnutrition in Europe: Policy Approaches to Promote Healthy Eating in Young Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- A content analysis of health-related epigenetic information in YouTube videos.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2026Article
- Epigenetics, Resilience, Protective Factors and Factors Promoting Positive Outcomes: A Scoping Review.International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Epigenetic Alterations in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Therapeutic Implications.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Epigenetics of Endometrial Cancer: The Role of Chromatin Modifications and Medicolegal Implications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Effect of Trust in Science on Parental Reactions to Messaging about Children's Epigenetics-Related Obesity Risk.Public health genomics · 2025Article
- Enacting biosocial complexity: Stress, epigenetic biomarkers and the tools of postgenomics.Social studies of science · 2024Article
- Revisiting Epigenetics Fundamentals and Its Biomedical Implications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Comparative ethical evaluation of epigenome editing and genome editing in medicine: first steps and future directions.Journal of medical ethics · 2024Article
- Scrutinizing microbiome determinism: why deterministic hypotheses about the microbiome are conceptually ungrounded.History and philosophy of the life sciences · 2024Article
- The Epigenetics of Migraine.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
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- Walk on the wild side: a response to Zaina.Epigenetics communications · 2023Article
- Epigenetic citizenship and political claims-making: the ethics of molecularizing structural racism.BioSocieties · 2022Article
- Situating the Father: Strengthening Interdisciplinary Collaborations between Sociology, History and the Emerging POHaD Paradigm.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Researcher perspectives on ethics considerations in epigenetics: an international survey.Clinical epigenetics · 2022Article
- Genomics and justice: mitigating the potential harms and inequities that arise from the implementation of genomics in medicine.Human genetics · 2022Article
- Ethical implications of epigenetics in the era of personalized medicine.Clinical epigenetics · 2022Review
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Abstract
Epigenetics, defined as 'the study of mitotically and/or meiotically heritable changes in gene function that cannot be explained by changes in DNA sequence', has emerged as a promissory yet controversial field of scientific inquiry over the past decade. Scholars from many disciplines have formulated both optimistic and cautionary claims regarding its potential normative implications. This article provides a comprehensive review of the nascent literature at the crossroads of epigenetics, ethics, law and society. It describes nine emerging areas of discussion, relating to (1) the impact of epigenetics on the nature versus nurture dualism, (2) the potential resulting biologization of the social, (3) the meaning of epigenetics for public health, its potential influence on (4) reproduction and parenting, (5) political theory and (6) legal proceedings, and concerns regarding (7) stigmatization and discrimination, (8) privacy protection and (9) knowledge translation. While there is some degree of similarity between the nature and content of these areas and the abundant literature on ethical, legal and social issues in genetics, the potential implications of epigenetics ought not be conflated with the latter. Critical studies on epigenetics are emerging within a separate space of bioethical and biopolitical investigations and claims, with scholars from various epistemological standpoints utilizing distinct yet complementary analytical approaches.
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