DNA Methylation
DNA Methylation: an epigenetic mechanism used by cells to control gene expression. A number of mechanisms exist to control gene expression in eukaryotes, but DNA methylation is a commonly used epigenetic signaling tool that can fix genes in the "off" position.
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AUG 13, 2018Even if something gets described as epigenetic, it does not necessarily mean it's an environmental effect.WRITTEN BY: Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
JAN 20, 2020
Researchers have found that changes in the structure of the genome in breast cancer cells can make them resistant to dru
...
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
JAN 03, 2020
Researchers from Georgetown University have found that combining a drug used for epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and migrain
...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
DEC 24, 2019
Cancer
DEC 24, 2019
New research published recently in the journal Cancer aims to better understand the effects that aspirin can have on bre
...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 26, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
NOV 26, 2019
Epigenetic diseases are still relatively rare, but when women use fertility treatments, the risk of epigenetic disease i
...
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
NOV 14, 2019
Cancer cells can change their identity and can take on new functions and characteristics, which is often rooted in epige
...
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2019
Cancer
OCT 20, 2019
New research published in the journal Genome Biology provide new information on genomic structural variation via DNA met
...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 16, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
OCT 16, 2019
This tool can aid in the diagnosis of developmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder.
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
SEP 26, 2019
Hypersexual disorder is a condition in which people experience sexual fantasies and urges so intense that they disrupt t
...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
SEP 21, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 21, 2019
Every cell type has to carefully control which genes are expressed, and new research has learned more about that process
...
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
SEP 07, 2019
Until recently, testing the age of dolphin involved extract a tooth, sawing it in half, and then counting the layers wit
...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
SEP 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
SEP 07, 2019
Around 70.8 million people have been forcibly displaced worldwide, with 37,000 people forced to leave their homes
...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
SEP 06, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
SEP 06, 2019
In the last 100 years, life expectancy in the US has risen from 55 years until 79 (Roser: 2019). And with the continuous
...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
AUG 30, 2019
Health & Medicine
AUG 30, 2019
Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit psychoactive drug in both the United States and Europe, meaning that many par
...
WRITTEN BY:
C Reardon
AUG 19, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
AUG 19, 2019
Genomic DNA is modified by chemical markers called epigenetic tags, which can change gene expression without altering th
...
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
AUG 13, 2019
Early research has indicated that aspirin usage may increase the survival rate among women with breast cancer. These stu
...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
JUL 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
JUL 10, 2019
For most animals, the sex is established early on in development and they stay that way throughout the life of the organ
...
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
JUN 02, 2019
Using a group of 1,629 couples, scientists in Taiwan have analyzed the impact of paternal smoking on children.
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
JAN 29, 2019
Researchers have found that alcohol may be exerting an epigenetic effect on heavy or binge drinkers.
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
DEC 28, 2018
There has been considerable debate about the safety of marijuana, which has only increased since the drug has been legal
...
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2018
Neuroscience
DEC 10, 2018
lay out a path that neurons of the spinal cord might be able to follow - potentially leading to improved recovery for pe
...
WRITTEN BY:
Aswini Kanneganti
NOV 28, 2018
Immunology
NOV 28, 2018
Enzymes identified that are responsible for methylation that will play a role in the production of immune cytokine molec
...
WRITTEN BY:
Nicholas Breehl
OCT 13, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
OCT 13, 2018
This improved technology does not harm the DNA under analysis.
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2018
Videos
AUG 18, 2018
Over an organism’s life, cells keep on dividing and with each division the risk of acquiring a mutation that may l
...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
AUG 13, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
AUG 13, 2018
Even if something gets described as epigenetic, it does not necessarily mean it's an environmental effect.
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
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