WhatIsEpigenetics

A Super Brief and Basic Explanation of Epigenetics for Total Beginners

Epigenetics is the study of biological mechanisms that will switch genes on and off, to be put as a simplified…

5 years ago

Intended Epigenetic Drug Has Opposite Effect for Lung Cancer

Cancer is a complex disease influenced by numerous factors including genetic make-up, lifestyle, and the environment. Over the years, the…

5 years ago

5 Ways You Might Epigenetically Boost Your Child’s Health Before Birth

When the Twin Towers came down in 2001, it was one of the most shocking moments in human history. This…

6 years ago

Ginger’s Potent Epigenetic Health Benefits

Ginger root, or the rhizome of the flowering ginger plant (Zingiber officinale), has been cultivated for millennia for use as…

7 years ago

How Understanding an Individual’s Epigenetics Can Help Measure and Treat Addiction

For a long time humans have wondered if chemicals causing drug and alcohol addiction could be active in the genes…

7 years ago

A Histone Extraction Protocol

The following histone extraction protocol was written by scientists at Epigentek and is a recommended and optimized procedure for their…

10 years ago

Our Parents’ Lives Could Influence Memories Through Epigenetics

The scientists at Emory University School of Medicine showed new evidence that our parents’ behaviors before we are born may…

10 years ago

Folate Deficiency in a Father’s Diet Could Cause Negative Pregnancy Outcomes by Changing Sperm Epigenome

Scientists at McGill University, Canada reported that folate deficiency in a father’s diet could increase birth defects in the offspring…

10 years ago

The Epigenetic Landscape is a Key Determinant of Gene Expression Reprogramming in Cardiac Hypertrophy

The epigenetic signature for cardiac hypertrophy, which can progress to heart failure through an adaptive response of the myocardium to…

10 years ago

Transposase-Accessible Chromatin Assay for Fast and Sensitive Epigenomic Profiling

Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a rapid and sensitive method for integrative epigenomic analysis called assay…

10 years ago