Diseases & Disorders

Epigenetic Alteration Linked To Lung Cancer Relapse

Chemotherapy has been the mainstay for lung cancer treatment for decades. Unfortunately, even after an initial positive response to it,…

4 years ago

Different Food Groups Can Impact Blood Pressure Through Epigenetics

The risk of a person living in an industrialized country developing high blood pressure during their life is over 90%…

4 years ago

Epigenetic Factors Determine the Characteristics of B-Cells

Most people know antibodies as the “warriors” of our immune system, helping us fight off invading pathogens. But not all…

4 years ago

Impaired Muscle Gene Expression Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

Type-2 diabetes comes with a slew of health issues, but one complication that patients often endure is muscle weakness. Poor…

4 years ago

Time Off Reverses the Adverse Epigenetic Effects of Shift Work Disorder

Shift work has been on the rise over the past decade as the demand for real-time goods and services increases…

4 years ago

Epigenetic Biomarkers May Help Assess a Father’s Likelihood of Having an Autistic Child

Autism rates have risen steadily in the past two decades, now affecting an estimated 1 in 54 children in the…

5 years ago

Epigenetics May Be Involved in Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) affects about 40 million adults in the U.S aged 20-69 (1). As the name suggests, it…

5 years ago

Epigenetics May Explain How Tuberculosis Develops Antibiotic Resistance

Tuberculosis (TB) may be one of the oldest and deadliest diseases in history, but it is still very much a…

5 years ago

Reversing Vision Loss by Restoring Youthful Epigenetic Information

Aging is a fact of life that cannot be avoided. From the moment we are born, every part of us…

5 years ago

RNA Modification Detected in Swine Coronavirus

Years before COVID-19 emerged out of China and entered the US, a lesser-known, highly contagious coronavirus (CoV) had already hit…

5 years ago