Epigenetics Articles

• Healthy Aging
  Genetics
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Developmental Biology
  Cell Biology
  Biology
   
  

  Meiosis

  In biology, meiosis is the process by which one diploid eukaryotic cell divides to generate four haploid cells often called gametes. Meiosis is essential for sexual reproduction and therefore ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
  Menopause
  Women's Health
  Prostate Cancer
  Molecular Biology
  Diabetes
   
  

  Growth hormone

  Growth hormone is a polypeptide hormone synthesised and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland which stimulates growth and cell reproduction in humans and other vertebrate ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Teen Health
  Hormone Disorders
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Children's Health
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   

  Delayed puberty

  Puberty is described as delayed when a boy or girl has passed the usual age of onset of puberty with no physical or hormonal signs that it is beginning. Puberty may be delayed for several years and ... > more
• Fertility
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Mating and Breeding
  Stem Cells
  Sports Medicine
  Cell Biology
   
  

  Spermatozoon

  A spermatozoon or spermatozoan (pl. spermatozoa), and more commonly known as a sperm cell, is the haploid cell that is the male gamete. It joins an ovum to form a zygote. A zygote can grow into a new ... > more
• Stem Cells
  Cloning
  Developmental Biology
  Biotechnology
  Molecular Biology
  Genetics
   
  

  Somatic cell nuclear transfer

  In genetics and developmental biology, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a laboratory technique for creating an ovum with a donor nucleus. It can be used in embryonic stem cell research, or in ... > more
• Obesity
  Eating Disorder Research
  Nutrition
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Healthy Aging
  Hormone Disorders
   

  Appetite

  The appetite is the desire to eat food, felt as hunger. Appetite is regulated by a close interplay between the digestive tract, adipose tissue and the brain. Decreased desire to eat is termed ... > more
• Genetics
  Genes
  Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Biochemistry Research
  Human Biology
   
  

  Genetic code

  The genetic code is the set of rules by which information encoded in genetic material (DNA or RNA sequences) is translated into proteins (amino acid sequences) by living cells. Specifically, the code ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Diabetes
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Spinal muscular atrophy

  Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a term applied to a number of different disorders, all having in common a genetic cause and the manifestation of weakness due to loss of the motor neurons of the ... > more
• Down Syndrome
  Birth Defects
  Heart Disease
  Hormone Disorders
  Hypertension
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   

  Turner syndrome

  Turner syndrome is a human genetic abnormality, caused by a nondisjunction in the sex chromosomes that occurs in females (1 out of every 2,500 births). Instead of the normal XX sex chromosomes, only ... > more
• Fertility
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Gynecology
  Women's Health
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   

  Infertility

  Infertility is the inability to naturally conceive a child or the inability to carry a pregnancy to term. There are many reasons why a couple may not be able to conceive, or may not be able to ... > more

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