Epigenetics News

Posted May 21, 2012:

• Today's Environment Influences Behavior Generations Later: Chemical Exposure Raises Descendants' Sensitivity to Stress

Posted May 17, 2012:

• New Technique Reveals Unseen Information in DNA Code

Posted May 11, 2012:

• Successful Stem Cell Differentiation Requires DNA Compaction, Study Finds

Posted May 3, 2012:

• Environmental Toxicants Causing Ovarian Disease Across Generations
• Dynamic Changes in Gene Regulation in Human Stem Cells Revealed

Posted May 1, 2012:

• Next-Generation 'Epigenetic' Cancer Pill Shown to Be Safe in Phase I Trial

Posted April 26, 2012:

• New Technique Will Transform Epigenetics Research

Posted April 19, 2012:

• Key Genes That Switch Off With Aging Highlighted as Potential Targets for Anti-Aging Therapies

Posted April 13, 2012:

• Changes in Gene Expression May Help Explain High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy

Posted April 12, 2012:

• Breakthrough Discovery Unveils Master Switches in Colon Cancer

Posted April 1, 2012:

• Epigenetic Changes in Twins of Dieting Mothers Increases Risk of Obesity and Diabetes

Posted March 29, 2012:

• Plant Research Reveals New Role for Gene Silencing Protein
• Key Component in Mother's Egg Critical for Survivial of Newly Formed Embryo

Posted March 27, 2012:

• Epigenetic Changes in Blood Samples May Point to Schizophrenia

Posted March 26, 2012:

• Tiny Reader Makes Fast, Cheap DNA Sequencing Feasible

Posted March 13, 2012:

• Cancer Epigenetics: Breakthrough in Identifying Target Genes

Posted March 6, 2012:

• Exercise and Caffeine Change Your DNA in the Same Way, Study Suggests

Posted March 2, 2012:

• R-Loops Break Down Gene Silencing

Posted February 28, 2012:

• Eat Your Broccoli: Another Mechanism Discovered by Which Sulforaphane Prevents Cancer

Posted February 27, 2012:

• Childhood Adversity Causes Changes in Genetics

Posted February 16, 2012:

• Common Flame Retardant Linked to Social, Behavioral and Learning Deficits

Posted February 2, 2012:

• Gene Regulator in Brain's Executive Hub Tracked Across Lifespan

Posted January 30, 2012:

• Processes Leading to Acute Myeloid Leukemia Discovered

Posted January 18, 2012:

• Study Maps Destructive Path from Cigarette to Emphysema

Posted January 12, 2012:

• New Culprit Discovered in T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Posted December 28, 2011:

• Scientists Map Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes

Posted November 30, 2011:

• First Analysis of Tumor-Suppressor Interactions With Whole Genome in Normal Human Cells Reveals Key Differences With Cancer Cells

Posted November 29, 2011:

• Environment and Diet Leave Their Prints on the Heart

Posted November 13, 2011:

• Tamoxifen Resistance -- And How to Defeat It

Posted November 10, 2011:

• Combination 'Epigenetic' Therapy May Restore Anti-Cancer Gene Activity in Late-Stage Lung Cancer Patients

Posted November 7, 2011:

• Study Characterizes Epigenetic Signatures of Autism in Brain Tissue

Posted November 3, 2011:

• Chromosome Centromeres Are Inherited Epigenetically

Posted September 30, 2011:

• Scientists Discover 'Fickle' DNA Changes in Brain

Posted September 27, 2011:

• Women Have Stronger Immune Systems Than Men -- And It's All Down to X-Chromosome Related microRNA

Posted September 21, 2011:

• Twin Study Reveals Epigenetic Alterations of Psychiatric Disorders

Posted September 1, 2011:

• Scientists Discover Secret Life of Chromatin: DNA/histone Combination, a Destination for Cell Signals, Also Talks to Other Proteins

Posted August 31, 2011:

• A Father's Stress May Affect His Unborn Children

Posted August 30, 2011:

• Parents' Stress Leaves Lasting Marks on Children’s Genes, Researchers Find

Posted August 9, 2011:

• Study on Silencing of Tumor Suppressor Gene Suggests New Target for Lymphoma

Posted July 11, 2011:

• Epigenetic Pathway and New Drug Show Promise in Reversing a Hard-to-Treat Childhood Cancer

Posted July 4, 2011:

• Maternal Nutrition: What Impact Does It Have on Gene Expression?

Posted June 30, 2011:

• Adult Stem Cells Carry Their Own Baggage: Epigenetics Guides Stem Cell Fate

Posted June 26, 2011:

• Scientists Expose Cancer Cells' Universal 'Dark Matter'; Findings Reveal Chaos in Biochemical Alterations of Cancer Cells

Posted June 24, 2011:

• Oxytocin Promises Hope in Prader-Willi Syndrome, Research Suggests

Posted June 23, 2011:

• Mechanism for Stress-Induced Epigenetic Inheritance Uncovered in New Study
• Effects of Stress Can Be Inherited, and Here's How

Posted June 20, 2011:

• Discoveries in Mitochondria Open New Field of Cancer Research

Posted June 9, 2011:

• B Vitamins in Mother's Diet Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk in Offspring, Animal Study Suggests

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