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By adding the right concoction of ingredients, scientists can reprogram your everyday somatic cell into an induced pluripotent stem cell (IPSC) - that is, a cultured cell that has the ability to differentiate…
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A recent discovery out of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital finds an epigenetic cause to why T-cells fall ineffective in…
Here’s a strange question many people probably have not given much thought to: why are our faces shaped the way…
An excess amount of the stress hormone, cortisol, in the body could impact epigenetic processes and boost one’s risk of…