HDAC Inhibitor Could Sharpen Memory and Treat Cancer
New research has found that a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor drug used to treat cancer could also help sharpen memory and improve one’s ability to learn a new language. It…
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New Study Shows Epigenetic Process Controls Cancer-Killing Cells
…viruses and cancerous tumors in the human body, can be manipulated by epigenetics. Through a series of experiments in mice, these scientists found that MYSM1, an enzyme in the body’s…
Down a Path of Epigenetic Destruction: Smoking Cigarettes Adjusts Critical Marks on DNA
…nonsmoker’s chances of developing lung cancer by up to 30 percent. Smoking, Lung Cancer, and Epigenetics Lung cancer is one of the easiest cancers to prevent (click to enlarge). Credit:…
Therapeutic Targeting of Histone Modifications: Insights from the Experts
…number of cancer types connected with histone PTM dysfunction: glioblastoma, lung cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, osteosarcoma, acute myeloid leukemia. Histone modifiers…
Racial Health Disparities Linked to Epigenetic Elements
…still have the highest death rates for most cancers- breast cancer and colon cancer in particular. Breast cancer is one of the most common female cancers in the US. Although…
Researchers Discover ‘Goldilocks Effect’ of Protein Bre1 Influences Epigenetic Regulation
…a cancer cell, and what we’re finding is that many cancers have mutations in the epigenetic machinery. We’re not just finding this in cancer cell lines in the lab but…
3 Epigenetic Reasons to Meditate Your Stress Away
…(2015). Mindfulness-based cancer recovery and supportive-expressive therapy maintain telomere length relative to controls in distressed breast cancer survivors. Cancer, 121: 476–484. Epel, E., Daubenmier, J., Moskowitz, J.T., Folkman, S., Blackburn,…
Viruses Could Epigenetically Modify a Person’s DNA
Viruses can cause many different health problems in humans including HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, herpes, and even cancer. They are an extremely small foreign organism that invade healthy cells, and seek to…
3 Pioneering Epigenetic Labs: Exploring the People and Discoveries that Transcend the Lab Walls
…about 15 years ago. He has a significant amount of highly cited works, one of which, “The History of Cancer Epigenetics”, was published in Nature Reviews Cancer and has been…
The Autophagy Advantage: Epigenetics, Cellular Cleanup, and Longevity
…Autophagy: cancer’s friend or foe? Advances in Cancer Research, 118, 61-95. Corti, O., et al. (2020). Autophagy in neurodegeneration: New insights underpinning therapy for neurological diseases. Journal of Neurochemistry, 154(4),…
