3 Epigenetic Reasons to Meditate Your Stress Away

11 years ago

Feeling stressed? You’re not alone. According to the American Psychological Association, people are living with stress at levels higher than…

DNA Methylation and Glucocorticoid Resistance Offers Clues to Improve Cancer Drugs

11 years ago

Scientists from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital conducted a study that illuminates a mechanism by which leukemia cells resist steroids,…

Can An Infection Alter Your Epigenome?

11 years ago

There are many examples of infectious agents that are capable of modifying the behavior of their host organism. Pathogens typically…

How Eating Zinc Could Affect DNA Methylation and the Immune System

11 years ago

Zinc is a mineral that’s vital to our health and is involved in several aspects of cellular metabolism. According to…

DNA Methylation Solves Crimes

11 years ago

In an episode of the popular procedural drama Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, entitled ‘Perverted’, the show’s protagonist, Detective…

Slaying the X in the Fairer Sex

11 years ago

In arguably the greatest feat of epigenetic orchestration, every single cell in female marsupial and eutherian mammals permanently silences an…

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Epigenetics

11 years ago

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a polygenic metabolic disease characterized by elevated blood sugar levels due to pancreatic beta-cell…

DNA Methylation Influences Continuous Variation in Ant Worker Size

11 years ago

Scientists have thought that differences in traits that exist along a continuum like skin color, height, intelligence, ability to gain…

Could Epigenetics Explain the Origins of Allergic Disease?

11 years ago

Finally, spring is here – that wonderful time of year when the temperature starts to rise and everything is in…

The Epigenetics of Depression

11 years ago

Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects up to 17% of the world’s population. The WHO estimates it will be the second…