However, the joke that epigenetics can explain everything didn’t appear from thin air; epigenetics has already explained a great deal, filling in many gaps in our knowledge of genetics and other scientific subjects – from embryonic development to genetic regulation, inheritance, evolution and disease. Scientists working in diverse fields, in laboratories all over the world, have made incredible advances in the few decades since Conrad Waddington first coined the word “epigenetics”.

By identifying and studying the chemical changes that affect how the raw DNA sequence is used to produce RNAs and proteins, we have developed a better understanding of all aspects of biology – and we’re starting to learn how to use this knowledge to improve human health.

It’s a field with enormous potential!

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