Epigenetics News

• Mating and Breeding
  Epigenetics Research
  Animals
  Nature
  Biochemistry Research
  Evolutionary Biology
   
  

  Common Fungicide Causes Long-Term Changes In Rats' Mating Behavior

  March 26, 2007 — Female rats avoid males whose great-grandfathers were exposed to a common fruit crop fungicide, preferring instead males whose ancestors were uncontaminated, researchers from The University of Texas ... > full story
• Parkinson's
  Parkinson's Research
  Genes
  Epigenetics
  Diseases and Conditions
  Personalized Medicine
   

  Low-Cost Parkinson's Disease Diagnostic Test A World First

  February 23, 2007 — Scientists at Melbourne's Howard Florey Institute have developed a cost-effective diagnostic test for Parkinson's disease (PD), which will also assist researchers to understand the genetic basis of ... > full story
• Stem Cells
  Biotechnology
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  Developmental Biology
  Obesity
  Skin Cancer
   

  Liposuctioned Fat Stem Cells To Repair Bodies

  February 22, 2007 — Expanding waistlines, unsightly bulges: people will gladly remove excess body fat to improve their looks. But unwanted fat also contains stem cells with the potential to repair defects and heal ... > full story
• Stem Cells
  Epigenetics Research
  Biotechnology
  Epigenetics
  Developmental Biology
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering
   

  Epigenetics To Shape Stem Cell Future

  February 20, 2007 — Everyone hopes that one day stem cell-based regenerative medicine will help repair diseased tissue. Before then, it may be necessary to decipher the epigenetic signals that give stem cells their ... > full story
• Stem Cells
  Skin Cancer
  Prostate Cancer
  Lung Cancer
  Brain Tumor
  Cancer
   

  Study Supports Stem Cell Origin Of Cancer

  January 9, 2007 — Researchers at the University of Southern California found genes that are reversibly repressed in embryonic stem cells are over-represented among genes that are permanently silenced in ... > full story
• Breast Cancer
  Lung Cancer
  Cancer
  Brain Tumor
  Epigenetics
  Ovarian Cancer
   

  Epigenetic Drugs: Promising For Breast Cancer Treatment

  December 21, 2006 — Worldwide, cancer persists as one of the most important diseases that affect the human being. The knowledge on the molecular bases of cancer generated during the last decades has been successfully ... > full story
• Epigenetics Research
  Colon Cancer
  Epigenetics
  Cancer
  Brain Tumor
  Prostate Cancer
   

  Inheritance Outside DNA: Screening For Colon Cancer By Analyzing Our Non-DNA Epigenetic Inheritance

  December 11, 2006 — At the 2006 American Society for Cell Biology conference, scientists will report an increase in tumor frequency in mice with mutations in a cancer-associated gene, called Apc. This finding may ... > full story
• Genes
  Human Biology
  Genetics
  Epigenetics
  Molecular Biology
  Epigenetics Research
   
  

  Regulating The Nuclear Architecture Of The Cell

  December 11, 2006 — Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered two molecular pathways that regulate the organization of heterochromatin, the nucleolus, and other ... > full story
• Microarrays
  Genes
  Human Biology
  Epigenetics Research
  Epigenetics
  Genetics
   

  Taking 'Chips' To The Next Level Of Gene Hunting

  November 16, 2006 — Researchers at the Johns Hopkins' High Throughput Biology Center have invented two new gene "chip" technologies that can be used to help identify otherwise elusive disease-causing mutations in the 97 ... > full story
• Lupus
  Joint Pain
  Pain Control
  Human Biology
  Epigenetics
  Genes
   

  New Biomarkers For Lupus Found

  November 10, 2006 — A Wake Forest University School of Medicine team believes it has found biomarkers for lupus that also may play a role in causing the ... > full story

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