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Differences Between Human Twins at Birth Highlight Importance of Intrauterine Environment
July 15, 2012 — Your genes determine much about you, but environment can have a strong influence on your genes even before birth, with consequences that can last a lifetime. Scientists have for the first time shown ... > full story -
Discovery of Epigenetic Links in Cell-Fate Decisions of Adult Stem Cells Paves Way for New Osteoporosis Treatments
July 9, 2012 — The ability to control whether certain stem cells ultimately become bone cells holds great promise for regenerative medicine and potential therapies aimed at treating metabolic bone diseases, ... > full story -
Epigenetic Cause of Osteoarthritis Identified
July 6, 2012 — In breakthrough research, scientists discovered that osteoarthritis sufferers have a signature epigenetic change responsible for switching on and off a gene that produces a destructive enzyme. MMP13 ... > full story -
Rewiring DNA Circuitry Could Help Treat Asthma
July 5, 2012 — Reprogramming asthma-promoting immune cells in mice diminishes airway damage and inflammation, and could potentially lead to new treatments for people with asthma, researchers have found. The ... > full story -
Epigenetics Alters Genes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
July 3, 2012 — Researchers have investigated a mechanism usually implicated in cancer and in fetal development, called DNA methylation, in the progression of rheumatoid arthritis. They found that epigenetic changes ... > full story -
Molecular Clues to Link Between Childhood Maltreatment and Later Suicide
July 3, 2012 — Exposure to childhood maltreatment increases the risk for most psychiatric disorders as well as many negative consequences of these conditions. A new study provides important insight into one of the ... > full story -
New Role for RNAi Discovered: Epigenetic Memory May Pass RNA Silencing from One Generation to the Next
June 26, 2012 — Researchers have identified a mechanism related to RNAi that scans for intruders not by recognizing dsRNA or some other aberrant feature of the foreign sequence, but rather by comparing the foreign ... > full storyMore: -
Carcinogens Linked to Cancer Stem Cells, but Spinach Can Help
June 20, 2012 — Researchers for the first time have traced the actions of a known carcinogen in cooked meat to its complex biological effects on microRNA and cancer stem cells. They also found that spinach can help ... > full story -
Fish Shed Light on Human Melanoma
June 15, 2012 — Zebrafish, a transparent member of the minnow family, are providing insight into human melanoma – a form of skin cancer – that may lead to new or repurposed drug treatments, for skin and ... > full story -
Epigenomes of Newborns and Centenarians Differ: New Clues to Increasing Life Span
June 11, 2012 — An international study sheds important new light on how epigenetic marks degrade over time. Since epigenetic lesions are reversible, it would be possible to develop drugs that increase the life span, ... > full story
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