Epigenetics: POISONED INHERITANCE   Lack of vitamine B9 in males may result in sperm that lead to serious abnormalities in future generations. It can, in rodents at least, be as debilitating for embryos as deficiency in mothers apparently due to epigenetic (*) modifications that may lead to cancer, diabetes, and even autism and schizophrenia.   Image: The Economist Epigenetics: POISONED INHERITANCE (from an article in the print edition of http://www.economist.com/printedition/2013-12-14 The Economist, Sicence and Technology, Dec. 14, 2013, cited in [AboveTheFold@newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org]) A lack of folate in the diet of male mice reprograms their sperm in ways that damage their offspring. Could the same be true in men? Folate, or vitamin B9, helps embryos develop by encouraging the formation of the neural tube, the precursor to the brain and the spinal cord.   Food rich in folate has been recommended to future mothers, but never to men...