Epigenetics News

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:

• 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:

• Effects of Environmental Toxicants Reach Down Through Generations
• R-Loops Break Down Gene Silencing

Posted February 29, 2012:

• Inherited Epigenetics Produced Record Fast Evolution

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 2, 2012:

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

Posted January 31, 2012:

• Ancient DNA Holds Clues to Climate Change Adaptation

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 29, 2011:

• Molecular Mechanism Links Temperature With Sex Determination in Some Fish Species

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 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 October 30, 2011:

• Patterns of New DNA Letter in Brain Suggest Distinct Function

Posted October 20, 2011:

• Propensity for Longer Life Span Inherited Non-Genetically Over Generations, Study Shows

Posted September 30, 2011:

• Scientists Discover 'Fickle' DNA Changes in Brain

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Novel Technique Reveals Both Gene Number and Protein Expression Simultaneously

Posted September 21, 2011:

• Twin Study Reveals Epigenetic Alterations of Psychiatric Disorders

Posted September 20, 2011:

• Epigenetic Changes Often Don’t Last, Probably Have Limited Effects on Long-Term Evolution, Research Finds

Posted September 16, 2011:

• Are Genes Our Destiny? Scientists Discover 'Hidden' Code in DNA Evolves More Rapidly Than Genetic Code

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 9, 2011:

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

Posted July 24, 2011:

• Epigenetic 'Memory' Key to Nature Versus Nurture

Posted July 11, 2011:

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

Posted July 5, 2011:

• Kinetochores Prefer the 'Silent' DNA Sections of the Chromosome

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 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 2, 2011:

• Researchers Characterize 'Epigenetic Fingerprints' of 1,628 People

Posted May 25, 2011:

• High-Fat Diet During Pregnancy Programs Child for Future Diabetes, Study Suggests

Posted May 18, 2011:

• Maternal Smoking Causes Changes in Fetal DNA, Study Finds

Posted May 12, 2011:

• Why Some Genes Are Silenced: Researchers Find Clue as to How Notes Are Played on the 'Genetic Piano'
• Discovery of DNA Silencing Mechanism Reveals How Plants Protect Their Genome

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