Introduction.

• Author: Ries, Nola M.

This edition of the Health Law Review features a special section of articles that addresses legal and social issues in the field of nutritional genomics. Nutritional genomics--commonly referred to as nutrigenomics--is a developing science that studies the interaction between nutrients in our food and genes in our bodies. The fundamental idea behind nutrigenomics is that nutrients and genes interact: our genes can affect how our bodies use nutrients, and nutrients can influence how genes work. While scientists are working to uncover and understand better these gene-nutrient relationships...