Injury to tissue in major organs such as the kidney causes inflammation which can lead to cell damage or cell…
Is it possible for a drug to dampen a traumatic memory? It may be, as researchers are discovering that a…
The study of epigenetics has been around for some time, but to many it is still a relatively new field…
The scientists at Emory University School of Medicine showed new evidence that our parents’ behaviors before we are born may…
Scientists at McGill University, Canada reported that folate deficiency in a father’s diet could increase birth defects in the offspring…
The epigenetic signature for cardiac hypertrophy, which can progress to heart failure through an adaptive response of the myocardium to…
Circadian rhythms are the physiological changes that follow a roughly 24-hour cycle, such as the sleep-wake cycle. They are found…
External signs of the human body’s age can be given by wrinkles and graying hair. However, these signs may not…
Cellular reprogramming of somatic cells to a pluripotent state (an undetermined state in which a cell is capable of differentiating…
The scientists at Johns Hopkins University used a genome-wide pharmacologic transcriptome approach to identify two novel cancer-specific DNA methylation markers…