Epigenetics, the study of changes in gene function that do not involve alterations to the DNA sequence, plays a pivotal role in understanding the complex interplay between genetics and the environment ...

Maternal prenatal stress related to natural and human-made disasters can lead to epigenetic modifications in offspring, ...

Six epigenetic features define the new Epigenetic Hallmarks of Cancer, an add-on to the widely accepted Hallmarks of Cancer. Scientists concluded that malignant transformation requires some degree of ...

(A) DNA methylation is maintained by DNMT1 on hemimethylated DNA after replication, while DNMT3A/3B catalyse de novo methylation on unmethylated DNA. In mammals, this modification is primarily found ...

DNA is often seen as the blueprint of life—carrying the code to govern the development and traits of an organism—but “there are things beyond the DNA sequence,” says Xiaoqi Feng, a plant geneticist at ...

When you’re itching for a sweet treat, health experts will often tell you that dark chocolate is one of the best options to ...

About half of Americans between 45 and 84 have atherosclerosis without knowing it. Diseases linked to atherosclerosis are the leading cause of death in the United States. The condition develops when ...

This Brush Up is sponsored by Cayman Chemical. Learn more about chemical inhibitors of histone modification. Histone modification affects how tightly DNA wraps around histone proteins, yielding ...

I am a doctoral trainee working in Dr. Kaixiang Cao’s lab. Our lab is interested in understanding how epigenetic events, including histone modifications, DNA modifications, and nucleosome positioning, ...