Epigenetics

California could make Jewish an ethnic identity under groundbreaking new bill

Beyond the role Jewish demographic data could play in fighting antisemitism, Bocarsly also pointed out the practical benefits that access to such information could provide in sectors like education.

|BySHARON UDASIN/ JTA
The California State Capitol building on Sunday, March 29, 2026 in Sacramento, CA.
A worm (illustrative).

You make me so hot: Attractiveness rises in worms exposed to higher temps - study

The study shows that environmental stressors can indirectly cause genetic changes through epigenetic inheritance.

|ByAARON REICH
Prof. Karen Avraham and Shahar Taiber.

Israeli scientists develop breakthrough gene therapy for child deafness

“The findings are most promising: Treated mice developed normal hearing, with sensitivity almost identical to that of healthy mice who do not have the mutation,” Prof. Holt said.

|ByIDAN ZONSHINE
An employee checks cannabis plants at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel March 21, 2017

Israeli start-ups to make epi genetic mega-cannabis together

Epigenetics tech, in experiments performed on tomatoes and corn was able to multiply the plants' photosynthesis level by 100, increasing the yield significantly.

|ByIDAN ZONSHINE

Teva launches generic version of EpiPen for young children

The drugmaker has been struggling with falling prices of generics and faces lawsuits that allege it helped fuel the U.S. opioid addiction epidemic.

AUGUST 21, 2019ByREUTERS
A building belonging to generic drug producer Teva, Israel's largest company with a market value of about $57 billion, is seen in Jerusalem

Huge study explores genetics of PTSD

Suicide rates are higher among veterans suffering from PTSD, which is estimated to affect between 11% and 20% of those who served in the military.

AUGUST 11, 2019ByPAUL SISSON
An elderly woman suffers from PTSD. [illustrative]

Brain structure change in Holocaust survivors hereditary, study finds

The study, presented at the European Academy of Neurology Congress on Sunday, compared the brain function of 28 survivors with the one of people whose family had not been involved in the Holocaust.

JULY 4, 2019ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Young survivors of Auschwitz await the arrival of their Soviet liberators on January 7, 1945