Trauma’s inherited epigenetic fingerprint observed in children of Holocaust survivors.

The children of traumatized people have long been known to be at increased risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, there are very few opportunities to examine biologic alterations in the context of a watershed trauma in exposed people and their adult children born after the event.  Therefore, one of the most intensively studied groups in this regard are the children of survivors of the … Continue reading Trauma’s inherited epigenetic fingerprint observed in children of Holocaust survivors.