Epigenetics, the dynamic regulation of genetic expression, involves complex molecular mechanisms. While the process of gene silencing by methylating the H3K27 position in histones is understood, not ...

The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology will award the Harvey Prize in Science and Technology to Prof. Stephen Baylin, Prof. Peter Jones, and Prof. Andrew Feinberg for their groundbreaking work in ...

DNA methylation data can be used to estimate biological age, but results across commercial tests differ, raising questions ...

Neurons have variable levels of chromatin compaction, shown as different shades of red. The less compact a neuron, the more likely it is to be recruited into the memory trace (green). When we form a ...

A new review published in the Biomolecules and Biomedicine journal sheds light on how genetics and epigenetics shape the development of periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory disease that can lead to ...

Will birthdays go the way of the Betamax and Blackberry? Our culture is always eager to move away from old things toward new things and these days if you want to know how old you are, the number of ...

Noodles, vegetables and mushrooms. Image by Tim Sandle. Noodles, vegetables and mushrooms. Image by Tim Sandle. Diet and nutrition are regularly discussed subjects. What is less reported is what is ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their epigenetics—meticulously placed chemical tags that influence which genes are expressed in ...

Why do identical twins sometimes experience different health outcomes as they age? How is it that a pregnant woman’s nutrition can influence her unborn child’s future risk of developing certain ...