Andrew Huberman· PhD
And then the epigenome is the reader that says, okay, in this cell we need to play that set of songs and in this other cell, we have to play a different set of songs.
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
And then the epigenome is the reader that says, okay, in this cell we need to play that set of songs and in this other cell, we have to play a different set of songs.
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And then the epigenome is the reader that says, "Okay, in this cell, we need to play that set of songs, and in this other cell, we have to play a different set of songs."
The epigenome is the regulator of the genome. And the epigenome is not as easy to describe as the genome. The genome is just a chemical with four letters, four chemicals that is the instructions, but then there's a computer that reads that software called the epigenome. Or we also use the analogy, the reader of the compact disc, that old device we used to fit like 20 songs on it, was really exciting. But what we can now do instead of 20 songs, there's 20,000 genes, but the reader is the epigenome.