The gene changes in the children could only be attributed to Holocaust exposure in the parents, to our knowledge, this provides the first demonstration of transmission of pre-conception stress effects resulting in epigenetic changes in both the exposed parents and their offspring in humans.

Rachel Yehuda

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It's going to take a village to find genes for PTSD risk if in fact they exist, the risk for PTSD is more nuanced than the genes you inherit from your parents.

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People criticized me like you can't imagine, the minute you throw in that it's not about the trauma, (people worry that) we're jeopardizing veterans' benefits, torts cases, victims' rights -- it has to be about the event.

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But I have not put all my eggs in the genetic basket. by Rachel Yehuda

But I have not put all my eggs in the genetic basket.

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