How to Use epigenetic in a Sentence

epigenetic

adjective
  • This is the epigenetic part of the puzzle.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • When men get older, the epigenetic patterns in their sperm change.
    — Judith Finlayson, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Our epigenetic clocks are dynamic, and our daily habits set the tick rate.
    — Celia Ellenberg, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Then, the dog's epigenetic clock slows down as the dog ages, and begins to match up with humans again in its later years.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Mice, chimpanzees, wolves, and dogs, for example, all seem to have epigenetic clocks.
    — Virginia Morell, Science | AAAS, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Next, researchers found similar epigenetic changes to fat cells in mice.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The tests measure epigenetic patterns, or changes in the body that affect how genes behave.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Bio-age is based on chemical marks, or epigenetic changes, that affect how genes are expressed.
    — Matt Fuchs, Fortune Well, 14 May 2023
  • Once epigenetic changes have occurred, some can be passed down to the next generation.
    — Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The source of that variance is random silencing of genes, or epigenetic changes.
    — Sharon Begley, STAT, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The response was accompanied by epigenetic changes in its brain and sperm.
    — Rachel Yehuda, Scientific American, 18 June 2022
  • These costs appear to speed up their epigenetic aging, and even shorten their overall lifespans.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The serious injury to the eye caused epigenetic changes that resemble those that happen in old age.
    — Sonya Collins, Fortune Well, 23 Feb. 2023
  • However, his early efforts paved the way for epigenetic clocks in use today.
    — Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Much of the research has focused on trauma, and whether epigenetic changes can be passed down from one generation to the next.
    — Barbara Graham, Good Housekeeping, 9 Dec. 2022
  • These are just things that slow down epigenetic damage and these other horrible hallmarks of aging.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 2 June 2022
  • That past abundance may have locked into place structural and epigenetic changes in the trees that are mismatched to today’s drier world.
    — Alana Chin, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Many do not know that mental health challenges may cause epigenetic shifts that can affect generations.
    — Sanskriti Thakur, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
  • But the actual genetic code had not changed, pointing the finger at an epigenetic cause.
    — Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2010
  • There are changes that occur — epigenetic, that means on top of our genes — that ultimately change the way that our cells express themselves.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 27 July 2022
  • Focusing on epigenetic reversal could be akin to treating a symptom and not a cause, the study concludes.
    — New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Food is fuel and epigenetic information for your body.
    — Lucia Aronica, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • The study also collected blood samples to track aging using two epigenetic clocks.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 16 Feb. 2026
  • That money alone will insulate you from the impact of epigenetic stress responses.
    — Rahkim Sabree, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • But again, this is the sci-fi stuff, but the fact that it was done at all is so fascinating, again, from that epigenetic sort of body pattern perspective, right?
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
  • But these tags — also known as epigenetic marks — tend to get more random over time, leading gene activity to become less precise.
    — Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 May 2021
  • The epigenetic benefits from running ended when the running did.
    — Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, 9 May 2018
  • An epic with supernatural and epigenetic overtones, this debut novel looks like a feast of a story.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Still, mouse data in hand, Mansuy has been looking for similar epigenetic changes in people.
    — Andrew Curry, Science | AAAS, 18 July 2019
  • But scientists emphasize that epigenetic clocks are still evolving as research tools.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 9 Mar. 2026

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