A majority of people know that improving your diet will lead to an improvement in your health. But not everyone…
Every cell in the human body contains every human gene. However, not all genes are expressed, or turned “on”, in…
We have previously seen how a mother’s environment or her behaviors might epigenetically affect her offspring. Now we have results…
New research has been suggesting that parents can transmit changes to their gene expression to their children. The heritable changes…
A breakthrough genome-editing technique known as CRISPR has been shown by MIT biological engineers to disrupt a single parasite gene…
Although kidney stones are common and often cause excruciating pain, there are few options for treatment and a surprising lack…
Stress affects everyone differently – some people perform well and can adapt under stress but for others it can be…
Researchers from Rush University Medical Center and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) conducted a study recently demonstrating how an epigenetic…
A study led by a team of researchers at the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta…
New evidence supports the epigenetic mechanism by which acquired traits may be inherited. The research found that cells silence genes…