Diseases & Disorders

Epigenetic Marks May Regulate Liver Disease

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an increasingly alarming health problem in the United States where it is estimated that…

5 years ago

Epigenetic Marker in Blood May Help Detect Alzheimer’s

According to the Alzheimer's Association, 47 million people worldwide are living with Alzheimer's. But since it can take 20 years…

5 years ago

Insight Into the Inheritance of Epigenetic Marks

An individual's DNA contains the sequence of nucleotide bases that provide instructions for how every cell in their body is to…

6 years ago

Bolstering Your Defenses Against COVID-19: An “Epigenetic” Diet

A scientific look at how certain compounds in foods might epigenetically impact target sites to hinder viral infection by SARS-CoV-2,…

6 years ago

Vaccine Targets Viral Epigenetic Modification, Could Prevent Respiratory Infection

As COVID-19 is proving to the world, viruses are powerful biological agents, capable of rapidly effecting massive damage and fatality.…

6 years ago

A Look Into the Epigenetics of a Coronavirus Infection

Emerging viral infections pose a major threat to global public health. In the last two decades, the world has dealt…

6 years ago

Epigenetic Changes May Trigger Colorectal Cancer in Unhealthy Guts

Data from the Global Cancer Observatory (GLOBOCAN) shows that colorectal cancer is the third most lethal cancer in the world.…

6 years ago

Drug Combination May Epigenetically Help Prevent Breast Cancer

Approximately one out of every eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer at some point in their…

6 years ago

Epigenetic Mechanism May Limit CRISPR Effectiveness

CRISPR technology has been one of the hottest tools to emerge in genetics research. Developed based on the modes of…

6 years ago

Epigenetic Marks in Blood May Help Detect Early Alzheimer’s

Late onset Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of the disease, which affects over 35 million people around the…

6 years ago