The Epigenetic Health Benefits of Blueberries
…damage, thereby protecting humans against aging and cancer. Examples of epigenetics in food include the ability of green tea to influence DNA methylation marks and reduce cancer susceptibility, as well…
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Epigenetic Study Finds New Potential Drug Targets for Asthma and Allergies
…scientists could potentially create drugs to combat allergic diseases and reduce allergic responses. About 6.8 million children and 18.7 million adults in the U.S. suffer from asthma. According to the…
The Epigenetics of Antifungal Resistance
…candidiasis is increasingly caused by multidrug-resistant non-albicans yeasts and nearly 60% of C. parapsilosi sampled in South Africa are now fluconazole-resistant, alarmingly but not abnormally high (Friedman, 2019). For agriculture…
Computer Algorithm Uses Epigenetics to Identify “Aging Genes”
…– an algorithm that looks for drug targets to transform cells from a diseased state into a healthy one, as opposed to most which “try to find drug targets that…
Global DNA Methylation Analysis: The Best Assay You Haven’t Done Yet
…global DNA methylation levels and prognosis of autoimmune thyroid disease. Clin Exp Immunol. 170(2):194-201. Cancer and Cancer-Related Medical Conditions: In 2013, 70% of epigenetic research was devoted to cancer/oncology…
“I Am No Longer Haunted By That Awful Memory” – New Epigenetic Drug Treatment May Erase Painful Memories
Is it possible for a drug to dampen a traumatic memory? It may be, as researchers are discovering that a fundamental epigenetic mechanism is responsible for long-term fear memory. Neuroplasticity,…
Epigenetic Bee Study Explains Why Cocaine is So Addictive
…circuitry. Certain drugs create heightened associated-drug memories that can trigger strong cravings leading to continual addictive behavior. In some cases, these memories can last after detoxing from the drug for…
How Understanding an Individual’s Epigenetics Can Help Measure and Treat Addiction
…expression by drugs and continue to find that epigenetic mechanisms have important implications for the pathogenesis of drug addiction. Epigenetics is even beginning to find its way into modern rehabilitation…
Nutrition May Have an Epigenetic Impact on Early Puberty in Girls
…others which recognize the effects of diet will eventually lead to successful breast cancer prevention and treatment. According to the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program, a girl who…
Muscles ‘Remember’ Previous Exercise in the Form of Epigenetic Tags on DNA
…their competitors because they have taken drugs earlier in life, despite not taking drugs anymore. More research using drugs to build muscle, rather than exercise used in the present study,…
