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Our book on epigenetics and health is available on the market  now. 

Hopefully it will contribute to better link molecular understanding with enironmental responsibiliy:

From the contents
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
The research program in epigenetics: the birth of a new paradigm (Vineis)
Interactions between nutrition and health (Elmadfa)
Epigenetics: Comments from an Ecologist (Schiemer)
Interaction of hereditary and epigenetic mechanisms in gene expression (Haslberger)
HEREDITARY ASPECTS
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T and A1298C polymorphisms and cancer risk: a review of the
published meta-analyses (Boccia)
The Role of Biobanks for the Understanding of Gene-Environment Interactions (Zatloukal)
Case studies on epigenetic inheritance (Kaati)
ENVIRONMENTAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL ASPECTS
Genotoxic, non-genotoxic and epigenetic mechanisms in chemical hepatocarcinogenesis: Implications for safety evaluation (Bursch)
Carcinogens in foods: occurrence, modes of action and modulation of human risks by genetic factors and food components (Knasmüller)
NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS
From molecular nutrition to nutritional systems biology (Vergères)
Effects of dietary natural compounds on DNA methylation related to cancer chemoprevention and anticancer epigenetic therapy (Stefanska)
Health determinants throughout the life cycle (Rust)
CASE STUDIES
Viral infections and epigenetic control mechanisms (Klaus Huber)
Epigenetic aspects in gynaecology and reproductive medicine (Johannes Huber)
Epigenetics and Tumorigenesis (Karlic)
Epigenetic approaches in oncology (Mader)
Epigenetic Dysregulation in Aging and Cancer (Komninou)
The impact of genetic and environmental factors in neurodegeneration: emerging role of epigenetics (Migliore)
Epigenetic biomarkers in neurodegenerative disorders (Peterlin)
Epigenetic mechanisms in asthma (Miller)
WAYS FOR TRANSLATION OF THE CONCEPT
Public Health Genomics - Integrating Genomics and Epigenetics into National and European Health Strategies and Policies (Schulte in den Bäumen)
Taking a first step: epigenetic health and responsibility
(Gesche)

Epigenetic session  at the International Coference for Nutition, ICN , Bangkok 2009

                  Prof. Ibrahim Elmadfa

Session Chair & Co‐Chair
Chair:  Jongjit Angkatavanich , Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Co chair: Alexander G Haslberger, Univ. of Vienna, Austria

Session Topics and Speakers

Keynote 1: Diet, epigenetics and cancer
Speaker: Sharon Ross, NIH/NCI, USA 

Keynote 2: Personalized nutrition, Epigenomics: a basis for understanding individual
differences (TBC)
Speaker: Professor John C. Mathers, Human Nutrition Research Centre, University of
Newcastle, United Kingdom

Short presentations
Topic 1: Genetic epidemiology and epigenetics (working title)
Speaker: Boccia S., Cath., University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Topic 2: Dietary factors and the emerging role of epigenetics in neurodegenerative
diseases
Speaker: Lucia Migliore,  Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Uomo e dell'Ambiente Università
di Pisa, Italy

Topic 3: Hormone status and epigenetic regulation (working title) 
Speaker: Despina Komninou, Mezitis Education and Research Institute, NY, USA

Topic 4: Natural compounds and nutrition effecting tumor suppression (working title)
Speaker: Barbara Stefanska, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics McGill
University, Montreal, Canada

Topic 5: Nutrition and the epigenetic regulation of the expression of immune mediators
Speaker: Haslberger Alexander, Department of Nutritional Research, University of
Vienna, Austria