Diseases & Disorders

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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

4 years ago

Pandemic-Related Lifestyle Changes Could Affect the Epigenetic Regulation of Your Skin

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the entire world, and many countries have been devastated by the fallout. As this virus…

4 years ago

Early Detection of DNA Methylation in Pancreas Could Help Identify Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is an extremely common chronic disease that affects the way the body uses insulin to regulate…

4 years ago

Histone Deacetylases Play a Role in Health & Renewal of Intestinal Barrier

The barrier of the small intestine consists of a thin layer of cells which blocks pathogens from entering the body…

4 years ago