Epigenetics Articles

• Human Biology
  Genes
  Personalized Medicine
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Viruses
   

  Human Genome Project

  The Human Genome Project (HGP) endeavoured to map the human genome down to the nucleotide (or base pair) level and to identify all the genes present in ... > more
• Nanotechnology
  Lung Cancer
  Brain Tumor
  Cancer
  Prostate Cancer
  Colon Cancer
   

  Nanomedicine

  Nanomedicine is the medical application of nanotechnology and related research. It covers areas such as nanoparticle drug delivery and possible future applications of molecular nanotechnology (MNT) ... > more
• Breast Cancer
  Lung Cancer
  Cancer
  Colon Cancer
  Leukemia
  Ovarian Cancer
   
  

  Cancer

  Cancer is a group of diseases in which cells are aggressive (grow and divide without respect to normal limits), invasive (invade and destroy adjacent tissues), and/or metastatic (spread to other ... > more
• Leukemia
  Blood Clots
  Sickle Cell Anemia
  Diseases and Conditions
  Healthy Aging
  Lymphoma
   
  

  Haemophilia

  Haemophilia or hemophilia is the name of any of several hereditary genetic illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding. Genetic deficiencies can cause lowered plasma clotting factor ... > more
• Fitness
  Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Fibromyalgia
  Muscular Dystrophy
  Life Sciences
   
  

  Skeletal muscle

  Skeletal muscle is a type of striated muscle, attached to the skeleton. Skeletal muscles are used to facilitate movement, by applying force to bones and joints; via contraction. They generally ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Obesity
  Sports Medicine
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Birth weight

  Birth weight is the weight of a baby at its birth. It has direct links with the gestational age at which the child was born and can be estimated during the pregnancy by measuring fundal ... > more
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Fertility
  Mating and Breeding
  Healthy Aging
  Developmental Biology
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Fertilisation

  Fertilisation, also spelt fertilization (also known as conception, fecundation and syngamy), is fusion of gametes to form a new organism of the same species. In animals, the process involves a sperm ... > more
• Mumps, Measles, Rubella
  Healthy Aging
  Viruses
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Infectious Diseases
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Rubella

  Rubella (also known as epidemic roseola, German measles, liberty measles or three-day measles) is a disease caused by the Rubella virus. It is often mild and an attack can pass unnoticed. However, ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
  Diabetes
  Women's Health
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Menopause
  Children's Health
   

  Growth hormone treatment

  Growth hormone (GH) is a protein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland which stimulates growth and cell reproduction. In the past growth hormone was extracted from human pituitary glands and given ... > more
• Gene Therapy
  Genes
  Human Biology
  Genetics
  Biotechnology
  Personalized Medicine
   
  

  Gene therapy

  Gene therapy is the insertion of genes into an individual's cells and tissues to treat a disease, and hereditary diseases in which a defective mutant allele is replaced with a functional one. ... > more

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