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By adding the right concoction of ingredients, scientists can reprogram your everyday somatic cell into an induced pluripotent stem cell (IPSC) - that is, a cultured cell that has the ability to differentiate…
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A recent discovery out of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital finds an epigenetic cause to why T-cells fall ineffective in…
Here’s a strange question many people probably have not given much thought to: why are our faces shaped the way…
An excess amount of the stress hormone, cortisol, in the body could impact epigenetic processes and boost one’s risk of…
High fat foods tend to be the most palatable and preferred choice of food in both humans and animals…and the…