MD Edge ObGyn (9/1, Craven) reports Dr. Dolores Malaspina of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai spoke about the role of epigenetics in the development of psychiatric conditions at a virtual meeting presented by Current Psychiatry, the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists, and other groups. Dr. Malaspina said there are not enough genes to account for all human diversity, so more research needs to be done into the role of gene expression in developing psychiatric conditions. Dr. Malaspina said, “The fetus does not simply develop from a genetic blueprint of the genes from its father and mother. Instead, signals are received throughout the pregnancy as to the health of the mother and signals about the environment.”
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— “More research needed on how fetal exposure affects later development “Jeff Craven, MD Edge ObGyn, September 1, 2020