News & Reviews

DNA Methylation at PON3 May Lead to Weight Loss in Humans Following a Hypocaloric Diet.

Obesity has become a major pandemic in the United States and other countries and is a major burden to healthcare…

5 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…

5 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…

5 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…

5 years ago

Breakthrough Technique Calculates Gene Regulation at the Single-Cell Level Using Deep-Learning

A new technique has been developed that is expected to advance our knowledge of numerous underlying biological processes, including those…

5 years ago

Nut Consumption Improves Sperm Parameters and May Alter Epigenome

Male infertility is a huge problem affecting nearly 1 in 10 men of reproductive age. This issue is occurring alongside…

5 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…

5 years ago

Epigenetic Regulator TET1 May Prevent Beiging of Fat Cells

Obesity is currently a major healthcare concern in the United States, and biomedical researchers are still working to untangle the…

5 years ago

Researchers Characterize Chromatin State & Gene Expression Dynamics During Heart Development

The human heart is arguably one of the most complex and vital structures of the body. It is also the…

6 years ago

Epigenetically Awaking Ancient Parts of Our DNA to Fight Cancer

Buried within our DNA, there exists a vast amount of dormant genetic material - a remarkable percentage of which consists…

6 years ago