title: Serving epigenetics before its time.
abstract: Society prizes the rapid translation of basic biological science into ways to prevent human illness. However, the premature rush to take murine epigenetic findings in these directions makes impossible demands on prospective parents and triggers serious social and ethical questions.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: ejuengst@email.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Eric T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Juengst
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Jennifer R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fishman
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: McGowan
authors.affiliation: Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Settersten
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D057890:Epigenomics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D010290:Parents; D011247:Pregnancy; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000639:trends; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000941:ethics